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Tag Archives: post-truth
Scary Stories on the Web: How does Digital Folklore Trick its Readers?
***Harper Arnold argues that the Creepypasta phenomenon shows how internet narratives blur the line between fiction and reality. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes initiative. Harper is on Twitter @HarperArnold2*** *** ““Darkness … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented Reality, authorship, Creepypastas, Digital Culture, internet, Libraries and Publishing, post-truth
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Authorship in the Age of the Infosphere
***This essay was written by CityLIS student Anna Gialdini in April 2019. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes initiative.*** The infosphere – and one of its predominant media, the internet – have … Continue reading
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Tagged authorship, infosphere, Libraries and Publishing, open access, oral culture, post-truth
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CityLIS Reflections and Research: Why LIS doesn’t have a quick fix for the post-factual society … and why that’s OK by David Bawden
This CityLIS Reflections and Research post is by David Bawden and how Library and Information Science can help in a post-factual society. *** The irony is that by now it was supposed to be perfect. For most of my working … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative facts, blogging, CityLIS, danah boyd, fake news, filter bubbles, Georgina Cronin, information access, information behaviour, information literacy, Information Science, Karl popper, Libraries, Library and Information Science, Library Science, LIS, Luciano Floridi, Lyn Robinson, post-factual society, post-truth, research, The Information Society, understanding
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