Open AccessEvoking truthiness: Using satirical news comedies to teach information literacy
Author(s) -
Annis Lee Adams,
Stephanie Alexander,
Lana Mariko Wood
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.81.5.244
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , information literacy , clips , computer science , library instruction , mechanism (biology) , literacy , multimedia , media literacy , world wide web , psychology , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , philosophy , epistemology
Instruction librarians looking for new ways to spice up their library instruction can use video clips from “The Most Important News Show . . . Ever” (The Daily Show) and other satirical news comedies to capture the attention of students during their next instructional session. These videos can serve as an entertaining mechanism to help students understand information literacy (IL) concepts.