[Fla-facrl] Call for Chapter Proposals: Teaching About “Fake News”: Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences.

[Kim Copenhaver]

Chapters are sought for the forthcoming ACRL book *Teaching About “Fake
News”: Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences.*

Submission Deadline: July 31, 2019

 The problem of “fake news” has captured the attention of administrators
and instructors, resulting in a rising demand for librarians to help
students learn how to find and evaluate news sources.  But we know that the
phrase “fake news” is applied broadly, used to describe a myriad of media
literacy issues such as misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, and
hoaxes. There’s no way we can teach everything there is to know about “fake
news” in a 50-minute one-shot library session.  What we can do is tailor
our sessions to be relevant to the specific audience. For example, a
psychology class may benefit from a session about cognitive biases, while
an IT class might want to talk about the non-neutrality of algorithms.
Special populations such as non-traditional students or writing center
tutors could also be considered.

 Although the chapter may include how you teach the topic, the emphasis
should be on the “why” behind fake news.  Why is it so prevalent? Why do
people believe it?  Why does it matter? Successful proposals will select
one narrow reason and explore it in-depth. The heart of the chapter should
explore a particular issue; this is not intended to be an activity
cookbook.

 Chapter structure:

 Each chapter of this book will be designated for a specific audience,
discipline, or perspective, and be written by an author with expertise in
that area.  In order to provide a foundation for the teaching librarian, it
will discuss that specific aspect of fake news and be grounded in the
established scholarship.  Next it will include a brief annotated list of
accessible readings that could be assigned to participants ahead of a
workshop when appropriate.  Authors will be asked to house a
student-friendly PowerPoint version of their chapter in the ACRL Framework
for Information Literacy Sandbox <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sandbox.acrl.org_&d=DwIFaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=KO8fK77ibloMAPQarM8ExzFMoDE7fmqcPRhLQd4F-Ms&m=ewqKvGhaWpuGZhehF0gmUrVgmqAfloH7jQaJeRE3Gl0&s=Nzutl5BOnr-Dol0lnBD6JTjJUVNNOGNEvyFx1fOC3Ro&e= >; the teaching
librarian could use it as-is or modify it for the direct instruction
portion of a session.  Finally, each chapter will include hands-on
activities and discussion prompts that could be used in the actual workshop.

 Final chapters will be 2,000-3,000 words in length.

 Example chapter summary:

 A chapter about the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal would explore the
scandal, written so that the teaching librarian would feel she had a good
grasp of it.  She could then use the student-friendly PPT in her one-shot
workshop, and use the provided active learning exercise.

 Submission due dates:

 Submit proposals at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_FCPwykZuppDXCDFa9&d=DwIFaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=KO8fK77ibloMAPQarM8ExzFMoDE7fmqcPRhLQd4F-Ms&m=ewqKvGhaWpuGZhehF0gmUrVgmqAfloH7jQaJeRE3Gl0&s=F2LPEIpIKwPrY69meVbGLlVvWwzfAJCFnUDT74R0AQQ&e=   by July 31,  2019

Notifications will be sent by September 1, 2019

Final chapters will be due by December 1, 2019

 Possible chapter topics:

 These are just examples of disciplines and audiences; we are open to
others!

 1.       Lessons by discipline

a.       Psychology

b.       Journalism/Communication

c.       History

d.       Information Technology

e.       Sociology

f.        Health Sciences

g.       Rhetoric/Composition

h.       Political Science

i.         Philosophy

j.         Business

 2.       Lessons by audience

a.       Writing Center

b.       Senior Citizen groups

c.       Professors

 Proposal information:

 Authors should complete the following form to submit proposals:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_FCPwykZuppDXCDFa9&d=DwIFaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=KO8fK77ibloMAPQarM8ExzFMoDE7fmqcPRhLQd4F-Ms&m=ewqKvGhaWpuGZhehF0gmUrVgmqAfloH7jQaJeRE3Gl0&s=F2LPEIpIKwPrY69meVbGLlVvWwzfAJCFnUDT74R0AQQ&e= 

 Proposals will include:


   1. Discipline or audience addressed
   2. 100 word abstract of proposed chapter
   3. A sample learning activity

 Email teachingaboutfakenews at gmail.com with any questions.

 Editors:

Candice Benjes-Small, Head of Research, and Mary K. Oberlies, Research and
Instruction Librarian, William & Mary; Carol Wittig, Head of Research and
Instruction, University of Richmond



Carol

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