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Teaching in Higher Education
Critical Perspectives
Volume 24, 2019 - Issue 3: Experts, knowledge and criticality in the age of ‘alternative facts’: re-examining the contribution of higher education
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Just Google it! Digital literacy and the epistemology of ignorance

Ibrar BhattSchool of Social Sciences, Education & Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Alison MacKenzieSchool of Social Sciences, Education & Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern IrelandView further author information
Pages 302-317 | Received 18 May 2018, Accepted 08 Nov 2018, Published online: 20 Feb 2019

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