20 A News Literacy Curriculum Toolkit
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Viktor Mutev
Mutev, Viktor Associate Professor, Medialogy and Literature Department (Library and Information Science) and Head of the Scientific and Creative Programs Department,
Санкт-Петербургский государственный институт культуры /Sankt-Peterburgskiy gosudarstvennyy institut kul’tury/St. Petersburg State University of Culture. He has published over forty works on topics such as information analytics, media, library and information science methodology, information policy, library management, and book science. He is a designer and instructor of courses related to media-communications in library and information science, and analysis of news and advertisements. Victor has presented on news analytics in library and information science education and practice at a series of virtual events including ones sponsored by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions..Email:
victor.mutyev@gmail.com Krahmer, Ana Director, Digital Newspaper Unit, University of North Texas Libraries, Denton, TX, US. In this work, she oversees the Texas Digital Newspaper Programme (TDNP), hosted on The Portal to Texas History. TDNP is the largest, single-state, open access digital newspaper preservation repository in the US, encompassing just under nine million newspaper pages. Ana has served as the Director since 2011, and collaborates with partner libraries across the state to build access to their local newspaper collections. She teaches Technical Communication courses at the University of North Texas. Her teaching includes critical thinking and information literacy components, in which she develops materials and activities related to analysis of news sources over time to examine and contextualise communication situations within their historical frameworks.
Email:
ana.krahmer@unt.edu Feeney, Mary News Research Librarian and Liaison Librarian for History, Journalism, and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona Libraries Tucson, AZ, US, where she collaborates with faculty and students in their research, teaching, and learning. She has led and participated in several related projects, including a National Digital Newspaper Program grant; a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program grant; a Mellon-funded project, “Using Newspapers as Data for Collaborative Pedagogy: A Multidisciplinary Interrogation of the Borderlands in Undergraduate Classrooms” and the creation of the UA Libraries’ Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press digital collection. Mary has presented and published about the use of newspapers in research, newspaper digitisation, text mining, and teaching with primary sources.
Email:
mfeeney@arizona.edu
Abstract
In 2022, members of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) News Media Section formed a sub-committee to develop a News Literacy Curriculum Toolkit, intended for academic librarians and professionals to use in higher education classroom and academic library instruction sessions. The resulting Toolkit is an open resource, available worldwide, which contains classroom materials that support interdisciplinary activities related to teaching students about critical thinking and analysis of news media content, past and present. This chapter describes the Toolkit’s theoretical framework, which is based on the intersection of different scientific and pedagogical approaches emerging from Library and Information Sciences, Media Communications, Technical Communication and Rhetoric, and a practical approach. Concepts of news literacy are analysed, and skills associated with news literacy are presented. Activities for teaching news literacy concepts and skills are described, including a technological model for news analysis, short-term classroom activities, and long-term educational group projects. Some potential future directions for news literacy are explored.
Abstract
In 2022, members of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) News Media Section formed a sub-committee to develop a News Literacy Curriculum Toolkit, intended for academic librarians and professionals to use in higher education classroom and academic library instruction sessions. The resulting Toolkit is an open resource, available worldwide, which contains classroom materials that support interdisciplinary activities related to teaching students about critical thinking and analysis of news media content, past and present. This chapter describes the Toolkit’s theoretical framework, which is based on the intersection of different scientific and pedagogical approaches emerging from Library and Information Sciences, Media Communications, Technical Communication and Rhetoric, and a practical approach. Concepts of news literacy are analysed, and skills associated with news literacy are presented. Activities for teaching news literacy concepts and skills are described, including a technological model for news analysis, short-term classroom activities, and long-term educational group projects. Some potential future directions for news literacy are explored.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- About IFLA IX
- Preface 1
- 1 Digital Literacy: An Overview and Introduction 7
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Part I Public and School Libraries Promote Digital Literacy through Digital Access and Skills Building
- 2 Bridging the Digital Divide: Empowering Marginalised Citizens in Developing Nations 29
- 3 Information Literacy in the Digital Age: Building Competencies Across the Learning Continuum 55
- 4 Fostering Digital Literacy in India: Government Initiatives and Digital Inclusion 69
- 5 Engaging Young People as Readers: Use of Social Media and Digital Literacy 93
- 6 The Library as Lifeline: Digital Inclusion in Post-Pandemic Philadelphia 113
- 7 Empowering Librarians and Learners: Building a Supportive Network for Teaching and Learning 128
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Part II Academic Libraries Take Novel Approaches to Advance Digital Skills
- 8 Transforming the Student Experience in Singapore Polytechnic Libraries Through a Collaborative Digital Literacy Framework 143
- 9 Supporting Digital Dexterity in Academic Library Communities Across Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand 162
- 10 Developing Student Digital Literacies Through Insights from Educators and Employers 180
- 11 Digital Literacy in Latin America: Pre- and Post-COVID-19 197
- 12 The Venn of Project Research: A Framework for Librarians and Students Tackling Real-World Challenges 215
- 13 Enhancing Student Transliteracy Through Archives: Designing an OER for Primary Source Mastery 230
- 14 Misinformation Literacy: Promoting Lifelong Ethical Digital Citizenship 246
- 15 Teaching Information Literacy to Would-Be Teachers 259
- 16 The Future is Now: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Literacy at the University of Queensland 275
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Part III The Influence of Digital Information
- 17 Be Not Afraid of a Meme: Developing Visual and Media Literacy Skills 291
- 18 Digital Health Literacy: An Evolving Picture 308
- 19 Combating Fake News: School Librarians and Digital and Visual Literacy 330
- 20 A News Literacy Curriculum Toolkit 349
- 21 Digital Learning and Digital Dilemmas 364
- 22 Digital Health Literacy: Improving Health Outcomes 383
- 23 Digital Literacy: Necessary but Not Sufficient for Learning 401
- Contributors 417
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- About IFLA IX
- Preface 1
- 1 Digital Literacy: An Overview and Introduction 7
-
Part I Public and School Libraries Promote Digital Literacy through Digital Access and Skills Building
- 2 Bridging the Digital Divide: Empowering Marginalised Citizens in Developing Nations 29
- 3 Information Literacy in the Digital Age: Building Competencies Across the Learning Continuum 55
- 4 Fostering Digital Literacy in India: Government Initiatives and Digital Inclusion 69
- 5 Engaging Young People as Readers: Use of Social Media and Digital Literacy 93
- 6 The Library as Lifeline: Digital Inclusion in Post-Pandemic Philadelphia 113
- 7 Empowering Librarians and Learners: Building a Supportive Network for Teaching and Learning 128
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Part II Academic Libraries Take Novel Approaches to Advance Digital Skills
- 8 Transforming the Student Experience in Singapore Polytechnic Libraries Through a Collaborative Digital Literacy Framework 143
- 9 Supporting Digital Dexterity in Academic Library Communities Across Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand 162
- 10 Developing Student Digital Literacies Through Insights from Educators and Employers 180
- 11 Digital Literacy in Latin America: Pre- and Post-COVID-19 197
- 12 The Venn of Project Research: A Framework for Librarians and Students Tackling Real-World Challenges 215
- 13 Enhancing Student Transliteracy Through Archives: Designing an OER for Primary Source Mastery 230
- 14 Misinformation Literacy: Promoting Lifelong Ethical Digital Citizenship 246
- 15 Teaching Information Literacy to Would-Be Teachers 259
- 16 The Future is Now: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Literacy at the University of Queensland 275
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Part III The Influence of Digital Information
- 17 Be Not Afraid of a Meme: Developing Visual and Media Literacy Skills 291
- 18 Digital Health Literacy: An Evolving Picture 308
- 19 Combating Fake News: School Librarians and Digital and Visual Literacy 330
- 20 A News Literacy Curriculum Toolkit 349
- 21 Digital Learning and Digital Dilemmas 364
- 22 Digital Health Literacy: Improving Health Outcomes 383
- 23 Digital Literacy: Necessary but Not Sufficient for Learning 401
- Contributors 417
