Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Preface for Instructors Why Digital Literacy? Features of This Guide New to the Third Edition The Crucial Role of Librarians 1. What Is Digital Literacy? Principles That Inform This Guide How This Guide Is Organized 2. Understanding Filters and Algorithms, Bots, and Visual Manipulation Filters and Algorithms Algorithmic Bias Bots Visual Manipulation Read about It ?The Polarization of Extremes,? by Cass R. Sunstein 3. Understanding Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Tools What is GenAI? How Is GenAI Trained? Uses of GenAI Tools GenAI and Reading Search Engines and Additional Research Tools Powered by GenAI Prompting GenAI Evaluating GenAI Output Ethical Considerations Surrounding GenAI TRY IT 1. Ponder the benefits and limits of GenAI. 2. Research and try out a GenAI tool.
3. Practice prompting a text-based GenAI tool. 4. Create an image using GenAI. 5. Use a GenAI tool to locate sources. 4. Understanding Online Searches What Is the Difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet? Understanding Domain Names Scholarly Peer Review TRY IT 1.
Represent the relation between the Internet and the World Wide Web. 2. Practice keeping track of your daily website visits. 3. Test your knowledge of domain names. 4. Ponder the role of domain names in judging credibility. 5.
Review types of online information sources. 5. Conducting Online Research Choosing Keywords to ?Catch the Tenor? of the Conversation Conducting Broad Searches Conducting Narrow Searches Navigating Google Scholar Practicing Inclusive Search and Citation Habits Using a Search Engine?s Help Features Searching Library Catalogs and Databases Reviewing Your Search Results Determining a Source?s Relevance TRY IT 1. Contemplate your role in source-driven writing. 2. Understand relevance. 3. Recognize the value of inclusive search and citation practices.
4. Practice documenting a broad search. 5. Practice narrowing online searches. 6. Go to the (Primary) Source! What Are Primary and Secondary Sources? I Found the Primary Source?Now What? TRY IT 1. Practice finding primary sources. 2.
Practice distinguishing primary sources from secondary sources. 3. Practice rhetorical reading. 4. Compose a rhetorical analysis of a visual source. 5. Practice writing a twenty-five-word summary. 7.
Surveying the Conversation by Reading Laterally What Is Reading Laterally? Lateral and Vertical Reading Compared Planning Where to Go Next Understanding Your Biases and Emotional Responses As You Read Laterally Recognizing Psychological Phenomena As You Read TRY IT 1. Understand what it means to read laterally. 2. Practice reading laterally. 3. Practice recognizing your emotional responses to sources. 4. Address the implications of psychological phenomena on your research.
8. Exploring the Credibility of Sources Exploring an Author?s Credibility Exploring a Source?s Credibility through Publication Context Recognizing Bias: A Closer Look What about the Credibility of Wikipedia and Other Wikis? Can GenAI Technologies Like ChatGPT Help Me Find Credible Sources? Recognizing Misinformation and Disinformation TRY IT 1. Practice determining an author?s credibility. 2. Practice determining sources? biases. 3. Pay attention to an author?s word choice. 4.
Notice labeling. 5. Explore Wikipedia . Read about It ?A Real History of Fake News,? by John Maxwell Hamilton and Heidi Tworek 9. Working with Your Sources How to Use Sources Synthesizing Your Sources Avoiding Plagiarism TRY IT 1. Explore how an author uses sources. 2. Explore how an author contributes ideas to a conversation.
3. Practice using sources for more than support. 4. Annotate to reflect on your use of sources. 5. Conduct research about how a discipline uses sources. 10. Additional Strategies and Resources Fact-Checking Websites and Chatbots Conducting Reverse Searches GenAI Resources TRY IT 1.
Ponder the uses of reverse searches. 2. Practice conducting a reverse image search. 3. Practice using fact-checking sites. 4. Locate other fact-checking sites and determine their biases. 5.
Determine hoaxes. 11. Composing in Digital Spaces Drawing on What You Already Know about Digital Composition Creating Multimodal Projects in Digital Spaces Rhetorical Considerations for Multimodal Composing in Digital Spaces Additional Considerations for Composing in Digital Spaces TRY IT 1. Identify the five modes of communication. 2. Practice working with the modes of communication. 3. Practice conveying a visual argument.
4. Understand accessibility. 5. Define Creative Commons licensing. 12. Customizing Your Online Experience Adjusting Your Preferences Making Informed Decisions about Social Media Platforms Using Sharing, Liking, and Other Social Signals to Your Advantage Avoiding Clickbait TRY IT 1. Ponder the value of customizing your online experience. 2.
Research social media platforms. 3. Practice adjusting filters 4. Develop clickbait headlines. 5. Recognize how clickbait works. Appendix: Sample Lesson Plans Lesson Plan 1: Searching for Sources and Analyzing Their Credibility Lesson Plan 2: Reading Sources Lesson Plan 3: Exploring the Concept of Fake News Lesson Plan 4: Understanding Algorithmic Bias and Personalization Lesson Plan 5: Reading Rhetorically with GenAI Works Cited Index.