Fact, False, or Just Flawed:
Critically Examining News in the Age of Truthiness
ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter Fall Program
November 17, 2017 at University of Pennsylvania Law School
Sessions Reports
The current political climate has called into question basic ideals of information quality. Objectivity, bias, opinion, fact, and evidence are thrown into question at every turn. The old standbys for teaching source evaluation now seem insufficient. So how do we teach our students to be smart and ethical information consumers and producers? We heard from media scholars and journalists about professional practices and principles and the impact of technology and other forces that shape the news. We also heard from librarians who are using innovative methods for teaching students to critically examine sources of information.
Keynote
Pamela Newkirk, Professor of Journalism and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
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Expert Panel
Tom Ipri (Moderator), Associate Director for Public Services & Programming, St. Joseph’s University
Mark Dent, Reporter, Billy Penn and Politifact: Pennsylvania Edition
Sarah Hartman-Caverly, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Delaware County Community College
Vanessa Schipani, Annenberg Public Policy Center and Science Writer for FactCheck.org
John L Sullivan, Associate Professor of Media & Communication, Muhlenberg College
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Lightning Round
Group 1
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Humorous Accounts of Fake News — Why They’re Not So Funny by Lane Glisson, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
Muckraking 2.Gonz0: Reframing Alt-Media by Sarah Hartman-Caverly, Delaware County Community College (slides)
Balancing act: Making a small shift to complicate an evaluation activity by Jennifer Jarson, Penn State Lehigh Valley (slides)
Power and privilege in media and research: A new First Year Seminar by Joanna Gadsby and Katy Sullivan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (slides)
Internet fakery is a many-splendored thing: teaching first-year students about digital dangers by Jasmine Woodson, Lehigh University (slides)
Group 2
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Digital Media Literacy Workshop Series by Vickie Karasic, University of Pennsylvania Libraries (slides)
Memes: Learning, Literacy, and Lulz by Mariya Zharova, Former Research Fellow at Drexel ExCITe Center (slides)
The Tequila Diet: Using Questionable Health Claims to Teach Undergraduates about Fake News by Alex Pfundt, Bryn Mawr College (slides)
Source Cards for Critical Consumption of Information: Active Learning for Digital Natives by Jess Denke, Muhlenberg College (slides)
Examining Bias and Objectivity in Journalism by Eleanor Goldberg, Delaware County Community College (slides)