Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World by Kimiz Dalkir

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Presents research on human and automated methods to deter the spread of misinformation online, such as legal or policy changes, information literacy workshops, and algorithms that can detect fake news dissemination patterns in social media. The book covers a range of topics including source credibility, share culture, and media literacy.

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Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World by Kimiz Dalkir

Presents research on human and automated methods to deter the spread of misinformation online, such as legal or policy changes, information literacy workshops, and algorithms that can detect fake news dissemination patterns in social media. The book covers a range of topics including source credibility, share culture, and media literacy.
Kimiz Dalkir has a PhD in Educational Technology from Concordia University, an MBA and a BSc from McGill University. She is an internationally recognized expert in transfer and retention of critical knowledge. Dr. Dalkir has worked in the field of knowledge transfer for 17 years. As Global Practice Leader, KM for DMR/Fujitsu Consulting, she designed and developed KM systems for clients in Europe, Japan, and North America. Since 2002, she is a professor of Knowledge Management at McGill University at the School of Information Studies where she pursues research in intellectual capital management, knowledge taxonomies, and communities of practice in diverse types of organizations. Kimiz wrote Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice (2005, Elsevier; 2nd ed. MIT Press, 2011) which has had an international impact on KM education and on KM practice and has been recently translated into Korean and Farsi.
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ISBN 13 9781799825432
ISBN 10 1799825434
Title Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World
Author Kimiz Dalkir
Series Advances In Media Entertainment And The Arts Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher IGI Global
Year published 2020-02-28
Number of pages 300
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