Library and Media Roles in Information Hygiene and Managing Information (Hardcover)

Despite the proliferation of smart technologies, the challenges of information hygiene continue to wreak havoc on the information landscape, hence the need to explore and analyze how such a phenomenon can be handled. This book will explore the concept of information hygiene in a time when citizens are deluged with an avalanche of information from all angles, especially in the COVID-1i pandemic and infodemic era. Information hygiene refers to the experiences to the experiences of information users in an era of information overabundance. If not handled well, it becomes an infodemic. It is upon information and media practitioners to build a capacity among citizens to become conscious consumers and generators of information. While recognizing the convergence of disciplines namely media, library science, records management, and ICTs, this book analyzes the concept of information hygiene from the perspectives of media and library science, ICT, and records and archival science experts. It will identify and analyze challenges and opportunities for information science practitioners and media institutions in the fight against information disorder. This book also explores the unhygienic practices in the information value change. Information hygiene is critical if the world is to overcome the challenges of overabundance and information in the current dispensation.

General

Imprint:	Business Science Reference
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	e-Book Collection - Copyright 2022
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita • Alexander Madanha Rusero • Ngoako Solomon Marutha • Josiline Phiri Chigwada • Oluwole Olumide Durodolu
Dimensions:	279 x 216mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	325
ISBN-13:	978-1-79988-713-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Information technology industries
LSN:	1-79988-713-8
Barcode:	9781799887133

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