Libraries and the global retreat of democracy confronting polarization, misinformation, and suppression
This latest volume of the Advances in Librarianship series presents original research exploring the modern state of democracies and social institutions, the contributions of libraries to the health and progress of democracies, and the political problems currently facing libraries as institutions. It...
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| Language: | English |
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Bingley, U.K.
Emerald Publishing Limited
2021
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Table of Contents:
- Section one: What is democracy?
- Chapter 1. Actually-existing democracy and libraries: A mapping exercise / John Buschman
- Chapter 2. A right to be misinformed? Considering fake news as a form of information poverty / Nicole A. Cooke
- Chapter 3. Facts (almost) never change minds: Libraries and the management of democracy-supportive public perceptions / Bill Crowley Section Two: How the Information Environment Contributes to / Detracts from Democracy
- Chapter 4. Container collapse and misinformation: Why digitization creates challenges for democracy / Christopher Cyr
- Chapter 5. Fighting fake news: The cognitive factors impeding political information literacy / Rajesh Singh and Kyle N. Brinster
- Chapter 6. Information obstacle course: Seeking the right to asylum at the us-mexico border / Amy Dickinson Section Three: Libraries as Virtual and Physical Spaces for Democracy
- Chapter 7. Beyond fake news: Learning from information literacy programs in ukraine / Maria Haigh, Thomas Haigh, Maryna Dorosh, and Tetiana Matychak
- Chapter 8. "Politic talks" in academic libraries of the south to address a global democracy recession in the United States: An exploratory website analysis / Bharat Mehra and Joseph Winberry
- Chapter 9. Raking the forests: Information literacy, political polarization, fake news, and the educational roles of librarians / Paul T. Jaeger and Natalie Greene Taylor
- Chapter 10. Libraries of, by, and for the people: Reimagining strategies to enhance democratic culture within lis spaces and programming / Daniela K. DiGiacomo, Shannon M. Oltmann, and Colleen Hall