fake news

Librarians Joining the Fight Against Fake News: A NUS Case Study

2018/19 Volume 47, All articles

By Raudhah Binti Muhammad Dahri and Ho Cheng Yong Richard Abstract: Since the Singapore Government published the Green Paper on Deliberate Online Falsehoods in January 2018, there has been an increasing number of concerns related to fake news in Singapore. To join the fight against fake news, two librarians from the National University of Singapore […]

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National Library Board’s Public Education on Information Literacy: Teaching Citizens to Fight Fake News

2018/19 Volume 47, All articles

By Sara Pek and Damien Wang Abstract: The spread of fake news is a real and serious problem facing many countries including Singapore. Education is one way to empower individuals to discern information. The National Library Board’s SURE (Source, Understand, Research, Evaluate) programme aims to promote information literacy and encourage Singaporeans to think critically when

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