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Information Literacy in a Fake/False News World: An Overview of the Characteristics of Fake News and its Historical Development

  • Watson C
International Journal of Legal Information (2018) 46(2) 93-96
DOI: 10.1017/jli.2018.25
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Abstract

Prior to designing strategies and information literacy programs to combat the dissemination and proliferation of fake/false news, it is instructive for legal information professionals to understand the characteristics of fake news and the context of its historical development.

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Watson, C. A. (2018). Information Literacy in a Fake/False News World: An Overview of the Characteristics of Fake News and its Historical Development. International Journal of Legal Information, 46(2), 93–96. https://doi.org/10.1017/jli.2018.25

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