Program
ALA Unit/Subunit: ALA
Meeting Type: Program
Cost: Included with full conference registration.
Open/Closed: Open
"Fake news" has always been part of the communication landscape. The difference now is that we are inundated with social media that makes it possible to disseminate "fake news” quickly and easily. In the past "fake news" was used as propaganda to isolate individuals or groups of people, destabilize governments, and foment anarchy. "Fake news" may be inaccurate, dishonest, misleading, intentionally untrue, and even intended to damage the paradigm of factual information. But is it illegal? Is it protected by the First Amendment? Can "fake news" -- or suppressing it -- undermine our democratic way of life?
James LaRue
Director ALA OIF and Executive Director & Secretary FTRF
ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom and the Freedom to Read Foundation
Nicole Cooke
Associate Professor and MS/LIS program Director
University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences
Damaso Reyes
Director of Partnerships
The News Literacy Project
Joyce Valenza
Assistant Teaching Professor of Library and Information Science
Rutgers University, School of Communication & Information