Barbara Fister's guest appearances

Barbara Fister

Circulating Ideas

 The Librarian's Guide to Teaching

We Make Media

Reimagining the Internet

Cory Doctorow

Jimmy Wales

Caroline Sinders

Damon Krukowski

Liz Pelly

Julia Angwin

Lola Hunt

Susanne Markgren

Tim Hwang

Katherine Maher

Ethan Zuckerman

Linda Miles

Davi Ottenheimer

Kevin Roose

Daphne Keller

OwlTail

This episode shares a recorded talk from the 2021 Reimagine the Internet conference, a virtual conference co-hosted by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the soon-to-be-launched Initiative on Digital Public Infrastructure at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In six sessions over five days, there will be more than a dozen speakers whose work hints at what the internet could become over the next decade. Library scholar, blogger, and “curmudgeon-at-large” Barbara Fister will explain how traditional models of media literacy may not work to combat contemporary conspiracy theories, and how encouraging readers to search for their own facts may be aggravating the spread of misinformation.

Barbara Fister (#Reimagine conference, May 2021)

Show Notes: On this episode of The Librarian's Guide to Teaching, Amanda and Jessica talk with Barbara Fister, Scholar-in-Residence at Project Information Literacy and co-researcher on PIL's latest study, "Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms: Student Experiences with News and Information, and the Need for Change." They discuss the report’s findings, potential barriers to implementing algorithm education and ways that librarians can be a part of the change in higher education. Guest Bio: Barbara Fister is a Scholar-in-Residence at Project Information Literacy and co-researcher on PIL's latest study, "Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms: Student Experiences with News and Information, and the Need for Change." For three decades Barbara coordinated the library instruction program at Gustavus Adolphus College=, a liberal arts college in Minnesota. In addition to collaborative teaching with faculty across the curriculum she has developed courses on research methods, book culture, first term seminars, and (most recently) launched a new course on Clickbait, Bias, and Propaganda in Information Networks. Resources related to this episode’s theme and mentioned in the show include:  Algorithm Report Abstract &amp; Links  Full Report: Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms: Student Experiences with News and Information, and the Need for Change  Algo Report Additional Readings   Tweet of the week  https://twitter.com/Jessifer/status/1222177875719327744  This episode's theme music: Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go Here's where you can find us:  Podcast: @Librarian_Guide Jessica: @LibraryGeek611 Amanda: @HistoryBuff820 Email: InfoLitTeachingPodcast@gmail.com   Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!

Show Notes: On this episode of The Librarian's Guide to Teaching, Amanda and Jessica talk with Barbara Fister, Scholar-in-Residence at Project Information Literacy and co-researcher on PIL's latest study, "Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms: Student Experiences with News and Information, and the Need for Change." They discuss the report’s findings, potential barriers to implementing algorithm education and ways that librarians can be a part of the change in higher education. Guest Bio: Barbara Fister is a Scholar-in-Residence at Project Information Literacy and co-researcher on PIL's latest study, "Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms: Student Experiences with News and Information, and the Need for Change." For three decades Barbara coordinated the library instruction program at Gustavus Adolphus College=, a liberal arts college in Minnesota. In addition to collaborative teaching with faculty across the curriculum she has developed courses on research methods, book culture, first term seminars, and (most recently) launched a new course on Clickbait, Bias, and Propaganda in Information Networks. Resources related to this episode’s theme and mentioned in the show include: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.projectinfolit.org/algo_study.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Algorithm Report Abstract &amp; Links </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.projectinfolit.org/uploads/2/7/5/4/27541717/algoreport.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full Report: Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms: Student Experiences with News and Information, and the Need for Change </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.projectinfolit.org/uploads/2/7/5/4/27541717/further_reading.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Algo Report Additional Readings </a></li> </ul> Tweet of the week  <a href="https://twitter.com/Jessifer/status/1222177875719327744" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Jessifer/status/1222177875719327744</a> This episode's theme music: Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from <a href="https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go</a> Here's where you can find us: Podcast: @Librarian_Guide Jessica: @LibraryGeek611 Amanda: @HistoryBuff820 Email: <a href="mailto:InfoLitTeachingPodcast@gmail.com">InfoLitTeachingPodcast@gmail.com</a> Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!

Interview with Barbara Fister on Project Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms Study