Today, we are light years beyond that with people getting full answers that are aimed directly at every nuance of questions they ask or statements they make. People realize this of course, it's the main reason people search this way — what they need specifically is directly served. What's less recognized — in fact I haven't seen any writing on it at all — is how this reduces the problem of encountering sites you misinterpret.

Look before you leap: How AI changes source verification and how SIFT will respond mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/look-before-… #AI #InfoLiteracy #search

New Journal Article: Survey on Undergraduate Student Use of Generative #AI: Implications for Information Literacy in Academic Libraries (via C&RL) crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr... #infolit #infoliteracy #libraries #GenAI

No, Virginia, You Can’t Copyright A Vibe As two social media influencers fight in court, a lawsuit over "sad beige" aesthetics sparks debate about creativity, commerce and copyright.

Trying to copyright a vibe?!?!?! Interesting. Could be a debate lesson with fair use lens. #TLSky #InfoLiteracy #EduSky copyrightlately.com/social-media... by @copyrightlately.bsky.social

ARL Daily Intelligence (February 9–12) — Association of Research Libraries The ARL Daily Intelligence is the trusted source of news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Released Monday through Thursday, the ARL Daily Intelligence is curated by Gary D. Price, co-fo...

The #ARLDailyIntelligence brings you today’s essential news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Check out today’s top stories!

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#Research #Libraries #HigherEd #OA #AI #ScholarlyCommunication #Librarianship #Advocacy #PublicPolicy #InfoLiteracy

Mike Caulfield’s SIFT + AI: Fact-Checking Nursing Pay I test a claim made on The Ezra Klein Show about nurses + wage discrimination using Mike Caulfield’s SIFT framework and his AI fact-checking tools.

I fact-checked a claim I heard on The Ezra Klein Show about gig nurses, credit scores, and wage discrimination.

I tested it two ways, using approaches fr @mikecaulfield.bsky.social:

• SIFT
• AI critical-thinking (and doing)

#InfoLiteracy #FactCheck

teachinginhighered.com/2026/02/08/s...

New Articles: 1) "Outdated Notion?: Teaching Scholarly Articles as the Gold Standard" (via C&RL News) crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr... #libraries #scholcomm #infoliteracy #infolot

Interview: Don't Blindly Trust What #AI Tells You, Says Google's Sundar Pichai (via @BBC) www.bbc.com/news/article... #InfoLiteracy #AILiteracy #LLMs

The Video Apocalypse Is Not At Hand. We've Just Been Teaching Students the Wrong Skills. Sora 2 shows that "looking for clues" is useless information literacy. Can we now focus on durable understandings?

The Video Apocalypse Is Not At Hand. We've Just Been Teaching Students the Wrong Skills. mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/the-video-ap… #AI #infoLiteracy #truth #misinformation

🚨 Librarians are on the frontlines of the AI revolution, handling requests for AI-fabricated books! 📚🤖 Have you ever searched for a book that doesn’t exist? Share your experience! #AI #Libraries #InfoLiteracy LINK

Using Fox News to support your arguments is like saying you're a marine biologist because you watch Sponge Bob

They have publicly and officially admitted they are NOT presenting news, but opinions, and that audiences must be stupid to think they're providing objective news.

#politics #FoxNews #InfoLiteracy

Introducing IMVAIN | Stony Brook Center for News Literacy

There are a lot of ways to evaluate sources, and where the money comes from is a pretty consistent issue. I used to use IMVAIN as a starting place, but there are others. (CRAAP is popular and imo garbage.) digitalresource.center/content/intr... #InfoLiteracy

Harvard researcher’s work faces scrutiny after private equity deal Gökhan Hotamışlıgil Just as a Harvard lab brought in tens of millions of dollars in private equity funding to pursue new treatments for obesity, past research from its lead investigator has come un…

#InfoLiteracy moment: having private equity fund research is, frankly, a god awful idea. One of the things we always look for, when we discuss bias, is who's paying for the data. Do you trust private equity not to have ulterior motives?
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Qualitataive-Quantitative Study of Media Political Discourse from the Perspective of Manipulation A survey-based qualitative-quantitative study of manipulation as a psycholinguistic phenomenon provides a good overview of statistical significance and knowledge. The use of qualitative-quantitative research methods in the current study can help us

Source:
Harutyunyan, R. (2022). Qualitataive‑Quantitative Study of Media‑Political Discourse from the Perspective of Manipulation.
Armenian Folia Anglistika, Vol. 18, No. 2.

Full paper
www.academia.edu/999...

#PropagandaTechniques #CognitiveDefense #InfoLiteracy

#Misinformation #Disinformation #ThirdPersonEffect
#MediaTrust #PerceptionGap #InfoLiteracy #GlobalMedia
#DigitalSmarts #CivicResilience #MediaPsychology

Thanks for following along.

Source: van der Meer & Hameleers (2024) - Perceptions of Misinformation Salience

www.tandfonline.com/...

#Disinformation #Misinformation #MediaTrust #InfoLiteracy #ThirdPersonEffect #GlobalMedia

In the final thread: what these perception gaps mean for designing better responses to misinformation—at home and globally.

#Misinformation #MediaTrust #Disinformation #ThirdPersonEffect #InfoLiteracy #DigitalSmarts

#Misinformation #Disinformation #ThirdPersonEffect #InfoLiteracy #MediaTrust #GlobalMedia

If that matters to you, support those building it—and share what helps.

#ThirdPersonEffect #Disinformation #MediaPsychology
#BiasAwareness #MediaLiteracy #DigitalSmarts #InfoLiteracy

Source:
Tsay-Vogel, M. (2020) - Third-Person Effect

In: International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology
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#ThirdPersonEffect #MediaPsychology #InfoLiteracy #Disinformation #BiasAwareness #DigitalSmarts

Source: Tsay-Vogel (2020)
www.researchgate.net...

#ThirdPersonEffect #MediaPsychology #Disinformation #CognitiveBias #InfoLiteracy

Because disinformation isn’t just something people fall for.

It’s something we all live with.

#MediaLiteracy #Disinformation #ThirdPersonEffect #CollectiveResilience #InfoLiteracy

We’re not isolated users.
We’re in a shared information environment.

Let’s understand it better—together.

#Disinformation #MediaLiteracy #ThirdPersonEffect #Misinformation #InfoLiteracy #DigitalSmarts

Hashtag Index:

#Disinformation #MediaLiteracy #InfoLiteracy
#DigitalSmarts #FactCheck #TrustCrisis #CriticalThinking

Thanks for reading. Stay sharp—and help others do the same.

Fabricated content is the blunt weapon of the disinfo world.

No grey areas. No distortions. Just invention.

And it’s still circulating every day.

Next: our final wrap-up thread—how to use what you’ve learned.

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#InfoLiteracy #FactCheck

#MediaLiteracy
Not all #disinformation is a lie

7 types of disinfo—
and how to spot them.

Type 2: False Connection

#InfoLiteracy #DigitalSmarts

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#MediaLiteracy
Not all #disinformation is a lie

7 types of disinfo—
and how to spot them.

Type 1: Satire or Parody

#InfoLiteracy #DigitalSmarts

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#MediaLiteracy

Not all #disinformation is a lie

7 types of disinfo—
and how to spot them.

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#InfoLiteracy #DigitalSmarts

This is more than media trivia.

Each type uses a different trick—emotion, trust, confusion, mimicry.

Once you see the pattern, you can stop falling for it.

Let’s get started.

Next up: Satire and Parody—when jokes become lies.

#InfoLiteracy #DigitalSmarts

Next up:
Why misinformation is more than a nuisance—
It’s a public health risk multiplier.

Follow along. Share what matters.

Let’s fight this with clarity.

#HealthEquity #Misinformation #InfoLiteracy

A real-world (outrageous) example for #MediaLiteracy comparisons of websites, learning to ask questions about sources & credibility, connecting #InfoLiteracy to health ed and civics, practicing careful observation, etc. 🍎📚🧪 #TLSky