Abstract
This column is written by column editor Ilana Stonebraker and guest columnist Emily Johnson. Ilana Stonebraker is Business Information Specialist and Assistant Professor at Purdue University. Emily Johnson is the Middle School Librarian and Library Coordinator at Daystar Academy in Beijing, China. They both received an MSI from the University of Michigan. This column focuses on the “fake news” phenomenon and how it affects special libraries.
Notes
Notes
1 Before we go any further, let us say that we do not believe that either American or Chinese culture is monolithic. There are vast differences between Chinese students educated at international versus bilingual versus public versus rural schools. Additionally there are differences between younger students (such as 18 year-olds) and older students. On the American side, there is differences between how students see information in an undergraduate journalism class versus a graduate seminar.
2 Even though this is actually a logical fallacy https://abetterworldisprobable.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/pulling-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-an-etymology-of-an-american-dream/