As concern about the credibility of information on the Internet grows, so do pressures for government attempts to mitigate the problem. This chapter examines the potential roles of government in dealing with public concerns about information credibility. It argues that public policy will be a political negotiation between a positive view of digital media as crucial infrastructure for education, and a negative view of an unregulated, dangerous environment especially for children. The chapter concludes that more attention should be paid to developing policies that support both users and educators to find and evaluate the information they need.
Credibility, Politics, and Public Policy
Contributing Organization(s): MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Initiative, The
Author(s)/Creator(s): Fred W. Weingarten
Publishing Date: 2008-01-01
Issue Areas: Children and Youth; Media; Education and Literacy
Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Published under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Unported 3.0 license.
Part of the Volume on Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility
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Available at: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/dmal.9780262562324.181
Intended Audience: Advocates; College/University Professors; General Public; Legislators/Legislative Aids; Policy Professionals; Researchers; Teachers-high school
Type/Format: Whitepaper
Language code: English
Type/Format: Whitepaper
Language code: English
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