Misinformation and fake news in education

Today, like no other time in our history, the threat of misinformation and disinformation is at an all-time high. This is also true in the field of Education. Misinformation refers to false information shared by a source who intends to inform, but is unaware that the information is false, such as wh...

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Other Authors Kendeou, Panayiota (Editor), Robinson, Daniel H. (Editor), McCrudden, Matthew T. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019.
SeriesCurrent perspectives on cognition, learning, and instruction.
Subjects
Communication in education.
Information literacy > Study and teaching.
Fake news.
Common fallacies.
Education > Aims and objectives.
Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Educational strategies and policy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806606313
DOI10.1108/978-1-64113-853-6
Physical Description1 online resource (vi, 328 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Misinformation and disinformation in education: An Introduction / Panayiota Kendeou, Daniel H. Robinson, and Matthew T. McCrudden
  • Section I. Susceptibility to misinformation in education
  • Chapter 2. Zombie concepts in education: Why they won't die and why you can't kill them / Gale M. Sinatra and Neil G. Jacobson
  • Chapter 3. Understanding susceptibility to educational inaccuracies: Examining the likelihood of adoption model / Alexandra List and Lisa DaVia Rubenstein
  • Chapter 4. Psychological tribes and processes: Understanding why and how misinformation persists / Gregory J. Trevors
  • Chapter 5. Cognitive biases in forensic science training and education / Candice Bridge and Mark Marić
  • Chapter 6. Do individual differences in conspiratorial and political leanings influence the use of inaccurate information? David n. Rapp, megan n. Imundo, and rebecca m. Adler
  • Chapter 7. Educational muckrakers, watchdogs, and whistleblowers / Daniel H. Robinson and Robert A. Bligh
  • Chapter 8. Designing interventions to combat misinformation based on factors that increase susceptibility / Abbey M. Loehr and Andrew C. Butler
  • Section II. Practices in the service of reducing misinformation in education
  • Chapter 9. Modeling the dissemination of misinformation through discourse dynamics / Laura K. Allen, Aaron D. Likens, and Danielle S. McNamara
  • Chapter 10. A nation of curators: Educating students to be critical consumers and users of online information / Jeffrey A. Greene, Brian M. Cartiff, Rebekah F. Duke, and Victor M. Deekens
  • Chapter 11. Misinformation in autism spectrum disorder and education / Jessica Paynter, Ullrich K. H. Ecker, David Trembath, Rhylee Sulek, and Deb Keen
  • Chapter 12. From theory to practice: Implications of krec for designing effective learning environments / Jasmine Kim, Reese Butterfuss, Joseph Aubele, and Panayiota Kendeou
  • Chapter 13. How attempting to reduce misconceptions in psychology reveals the challenges of change / Patricia Kowalski and Annette Taylor
  • Chapter 14. Critical thinking in the post-truth era / Åsa Wikforss
  • Chapter 15. Attempting to reduce misinformation and other inaccuracies in education / Matthew T. McCrudden
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors.

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