Content tagged Media and Information Literacy
Ordered by publication date from most to less recent.
(These results include any available translations of the original English documents.)
- How To Spot Fake News at a Time of COVID-19
One of the key parts of the response to COVID-19 has been the fight against the ‘infodemic’ – the volume of misleading information spreading around the world. With their...
News - 16 April 2020
Tags: Access to information, COVID-19, Information literacy, Media and Information Literacy, MIL, Information Literacy
- How to Spot Fake News – COVID-19 Edition
With fighting misinformation around COVID-19 a key part of the overall response to the pandemic, libraries have the reputation and the skills to make an important contribution. IFLA has...
Publication - 16 April 2020
Tags: Access to information, COVID-19, Information literacy, Media and Information Literacy, MIL, Infographics, Information Literacy
- Libraries and Fake News - Paper for Zagreb Roundtable on Freedom of Access to Information
Martyn Wade, Chair of IFLA's Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression, delivered a speech on Fake News and Libraries in Zagreb. The occasion...
Publication - 9 January 2019
Tags: Access to information, Croatia, fake news, Media and Information Literacy, Interviews, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Libraries and Fake News - Paper for Zagreb Roundtable on Freedom of Access to Information
Martyn Wade, Chair of IFLA's Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression, delivered a speech on Fake News and Libraries in Zagreb. The occasion was the...
Publication - 9 January 2019
Tags: Access to information, Croatia, fake news, Media and Information Literacy, Interviews, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Global Media and Information Literacy Week Feature Conference
As information becomes more and more central to the way we work, live and communicate, the importance of the ability to find, understand and use it grows. In parallel, concerns around fake news...
Event - 15 October 2018
Tags: Conference, GAPMIL, Information Literacy, Lithuania, Media and Information Literacy, Information Literacy
- IFLA Statement on Fake News
The phenomenon of ‘fake news’ has risen to prominence in many countries, regularly appearing in political debate. IFLA is concerned by the risk that this can pose to access to...
Publication - 25 August 2018
Tags: Access to information, fake news, Information Literacy, Media and Information Literacy, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Getting to Grips with Information in a Digital Age: IFLA Joins Reflections at UNESCO Conference
The first UNESCO-IFAP conference on ‘Tangible and Intangible Impacts of Information and Communications in the Digital Age’ on 3-8 June 2018 brought together representatives of...
News - 13 June 2018
Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Information literacy, Media and Information Literacy, Russian Federation, UNESCO, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Education before Regulation: IFLA Engages at Fake News Workshop
As calls grow for governments to act quickly on fake news, many seem tempted to create ‘bans’ or regulation. However, simple solutions are rarely the best response to complex problems...
News - 1 March 2018
Tags: Europe, fake news, Media and Information Literacy, Newspapers, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)