Librarians such as iSchool alumna Janelle Hagen are playing a critical role in the fight against fake news, .
Librarians have always helped people sort reliable information sources from deceptive ones, a skill that鈥檚 become increasingly important amid the recent surge of false information masquerading as real news. Middle- and high-school students in particular can have a difficult time distinguishing advertising, propaganda, news writing and other forms of information.
Hagen, a librarian at Lakeside School in Seattle, teaches a class called 鈥渄igital life鈥 that mixes technology and information literacy skills. She told Large that since the 2016 presidential election, she鈥檚 increased her focus on helping students evaluate information.
鈥淚t was because of all of the buzz (about fake news). You can look at the Google analytics, and the search for 鈥榝ake news鈥 was unprecedented鈥 said Hagen, a 2011 alumna of the 快播成人. 鈥淚t鈥檚 our job as teachers to address what鈥檚 going on in the world.鈥
Hagen shared some tips for distinguishing real news from fake, as well as some of her favorite online resources.
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