such as the filter bubble, alternative search engines to Google, and evalu- ating search results using Radar (http://
libguides.lmu.edu/aboutRADAR). The final workshop activity was an in-depth evaluation into a credible-seeming journal article.
Some researchers have found… Andy Tattersall talked about when media outlets use a phrase like “some researchers have found” as a source of authority to back up their story. Andy stressed the importance of researchers communicating with the media to help with the accuracy of reporting. He also emphasised how important it is for the media to link to the research they are referencing so that others can easily find it, but also because news stories are shared widely online, and if the original piece is missing the link, then so will all the subsequent iterations. Amongst other things, Andy suggested that librarians should encourage researchers to make their work open access, train academics in the safe use of social media, and pro- mote the use of Orcids (digital identifi- ers for researchers
https://orcid.org/).
Fake news ninjas
Lorna Smith presented on the Fake News Guide that librarians at New- castle University have developed for students. This includes an embedded newsfeed of stories that mention fake news, and a very handy timeline depicting the history of fake news (http://
libguides.ncl.ac.uk/fakenews/history). There are lots of useful tips for students on how to spot fake news and how to identify media bias. The librarians have also written blogs to enable students to become Fake News Ninjas! (https://blogs.
ncl.ac.uk/subject-support/category/fake-news/) Lorna laid out future plans to embed the Libguide and blog content into
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And then there was one. Stalin erased people when they fell out of favour. Photographic manipulation rewrote Soviet history to create the fake news of the past that would always see Stalin in the image of his choosing.
online learning, as well as being used in face-to-face teaching.
Research
The conference keynote speaker was Rita Marcella from Robert Gordon University. Rita is Professor of Information Manage- ment, and her presentation focused on the research agenda around information behaviour beliefs and fake news. She gave her background in research, stretching back to the 1990s, with a focus on local and national elections and referenda. Rita carried out a study into how much participants trusted “facts” reported by the major political parties during
the Scottish Referendum. Her findings revealed a number of factors, including political allegiance, personal experience (e.g. with healthcare, education etc.), and mistrust of modern politics and politi- cians. In order to assist future research, Rita asked the delegates three questions:
l How can LIS make the significance of our contribution to the fake news agenda more visible?
l What is the major research priority for libraries in terms of the fake news debate?
l How can academics and librarians work better together to enhance user service provision?
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