No shortcuts to credibility evaluation: The importance of expertise and information literacy

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dc.contributor.authorKavanaugh, Jill
dc.contributor.authorLenart, Bartlomiej
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-23T23:45:23Z
dc.date.available2023-06-23T23:45:23Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.descriptionChapter in Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility, https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7
dc.description.abstractThis chapter argues that as the online informational landscape continues to expand, shortcuts to source credibility evaluation, in particular the revered checklist approach, falls short of its intended goal, and this method cannot replace the acquisition of a more formally acquired and comprehensive information literacy skill set. By examining the current standard of checklist criteria, the authors identify problems with this approach. Such shortcuts are not necessarily effective for online source credibility assessment, and the authors contend that in cases of high-stakes informational needs, they cannot adequately replace the expertise of information professionals, nor displace the need for proper and continuous information literacy education.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKavanaugh, J. R. & Lenart, B. A. (2017). No Shortcuts to Credibility Evaluation: The Importance of Expertise and Information Literacy. In M. Folk & S. Apostel (Eds.), Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility (pp. 22-45). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7.ch002
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7.ch002
dc.identifier.isbn9781522510727
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1880/116659
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/41502
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherIGI Global
dc.publisher.facultyLibraries and Cultural Resourcesen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
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dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCRAAP Testen_US
dc.subjectinformation literacyen_US
dc.subjectsource credibility evaluationen_US
dc.titleNo shortcuts to credibility evaluation: The importance of expertise and information literacyen_US
dc.typeArticle
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