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Chapter 10
Library and Media Roles in Information Hygiene and Managing Information
The avalanche of COVID -19 pandemic produced daily at an astronomical pace versus the limited capacity of the human mind to analyse and synthesise and make sense out of it. It also refers to the overabundance of COVID-19 pandemic information and how it difficult it is for users to analyse and make decisions out of it.
Published in Chapter:
Myths, Fake News, Tirades, and Diatribes and the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Can Libraries Do?
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8713-3.ch010
Abstract
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and infodemic has seen a proliferation of myths, fake news, tirades, and diatribes, thus complicating and undermining the global efforts to counter the COVID-19 pandemic and infodemic. This chapter seeks to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic and infodemic can be confronted using a multi-pronged approach that includes library and information science practitioners educators and other key stakeholders. The researcher uses a qualitative research design based on literature review of primary and secondary sources in order to answer the key research questions. The chapter seeks to provoke discourse, generate a corpus knowledge, and stimulate further research on issues that are overlooked in a number of studies on the COVID-19 pandemic within the information science matrix.
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Chapter 12
X-Raying Digital Activism in Selected Countries: New Frontiers for Mobilization
The avalanche of the COVID-19 pandemic produced daily at an astronomical pace versus the human mind’s limited capacity to analyze, synthesize, and make sense of it. It also refers to the overabundance of COVID-19 pandemic information and its difficulty for users to analyze and decide on it.
Published in Chapter: X-Raying Digital Activism in Selected Countries: New Frontiers for Mobilization; From: Dealing With Regional Conflicts of Global Importance
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Confronting Information Hygiene in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era in Zimbabwe Libraries: Views From Selected LIS Practitioners
The overwhelming production and dissemination of COVID-19 information viz-a-viz the limited capacity of the human mind to make sense of it and determine its trustworthiness
Published in Chapter: Confronting Information Hygiene in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era in Zimbabwe Libraries: Views From Selected LIS Practitioners; From: Library and Media Roles in Information Hygiene and Managing Information
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