This course emphasizes social and civic contexts for information literacy. It reorients information literacy away from a narrowly academic context (i.e., retrieval and evaluation of information for assignments, library search skills) and toward a more complex, contemporary information ecosystem in which we all live, use, and participate.
Submissions from 2025
Item 1: Syllabus - Information Literacy and Civic Responsibility, Troy Martin
Item 2 and 2.1: Activity 1: Who's Interested in the News? Whose Interests Are in the News?, Troy Martin
Item 3: Activity 2: Information Literacy and Civic Responsibility, Day 1, Troy Martin
Item 4: Activity 3: Information Disorder and Elections: Discussion Guide for Deadlocked: An Election Story (2024), Troy Martin
Item 5: Assignment 1: Investigate Coverage of Contested Claims, Troy Martin
Item 6: Assignment 2: Information Disorder: Generating Memes as Critical Cultural Commentary, Troy Martin