Fake news and information professionals' codes of ethics

The goal of this paper is to discuss concepts related to Fake News. The study includes the different meanings of Fake News, along with related information disorders. It also includes an analysis of information professionals' ethical codes in relation to information disorders and ethical behavio...

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Autor: Boté-Vericad, Juan-José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/171940
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/171940
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Palabra clave:Desinformació
Fake news
Disinformation
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spelling Fake news and information professionals' codes of ethicsBoté-Vericad, Juan-JoséDesinformacióFake newsDisinformationFake newsThe goal of this paper is to discuss concepts related to Fake News. The study includes the different meanings of Fake News, along with related information disorders. It also includes an analysis of information professionals' ethical codes in relation to information disorders and ethical behaviours regarding information management. The speed and ease with which Fake News can be disseminated has implications for these information professionals. The literature review explore some of the different taxonomies and typologies of Fake News published by the following authors: Aznar (2019), Froehlich (2017), Verstraete, Bambauer and Bambauer (2017) and Wardle and Derakshan (2017). Methodologically, this paper analyzes the information professionals' codes of conduct for the main organizations and associations, in a thoughtful manner. These codes of conduct include those published by the International Federation of Libraries (IFLA, 2017), the American Library Association (ALA, 2017), the Association for Information Sciences and Technology (ASIS&T, 1992), and the Society of Professional Journalists (Society of Professional Journalists, 2014). We also discuss guidelines to avoid unethical behaviours relating to information. The conclusions inferred from this study are that Fake News impacts many different disciplines, such as economics and science. However, information professionals, through their codes of conduct and aided by technology, can help society prevent the spread of Fake News.Universidad Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacín2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/171940Articles publicats en revistes (Biblioteconomia, Documentació i Comunicació Audiovisual)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://ojs.urbe.edu/index.php/telos/article/view/3336; http://ojs.urbe.edu/index.php/telos/article/view/3336/4588Telos: Revista de Estudios Interdisciplinarios en Ciencias Sociales, 2020, vol. 22, num. 3, p. 567-578cc-by-nc-sa (c) Boté-Vericad, Juan-José, 2020http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1719402026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Fake news and information professionals' codes of ethics
spellingShingle Fake news and information professionals' codes of ethics
Boté-Vericad, Juan-José
Desinformació
Fake news
Disinformation
Fake news
title_short Fake news and information professionals' codes of ethics
title_full Fake news and information professionals' codes of ethics
title_fullStr Fake news and information professionals' codes of ethics
title_full_unstemmed Fake news and information professionals' codes of ethics
title_sort Fake news and information professionals' codes of ethics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Boté-Vericad, Juan-José
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Desinformació
Fake news
Disinformation
Fake news
topic Desinformació
Fake news
Disinformation
Fake news
description The goal of this paper is to discuss concepts related to Fake News. The study includes the different meanings of Fake News, along with related information disorders. It also includes an analysis of information professionals' ethical codes in relation to information disorders and ethical behaviours regarding information management. The speed and ease with which Fake News can be disseminated has implications for these information professionals. The literature review explore some of the different taxonomies and typologies of Fake News published by the following authors: Aznar (2019), Froehlich (2017), Verstraete, Bambauer and Bambauer (2017) and Wardle and Derakshan (2017). Methodologically, this paper analyzes the information professionals' codes of conduct for the main organizations and associations, in a thoughtful manner. These codes of conduct include those published by the International Federation of Libraries (IFLA, 2017), the American Library Association (ALA, 2017), the Association for Information Sciences and Technology (ASIS&T, 1992), and the Society of Professional Journalists (Society of Professional Journalists, 2014). We also discuss guidelines to avoid unethical behaviours relating to information. The conclusions inferred from this study are that Fake News impacts many different disciplines, such as economics and science. However, information professionals, through their codes of conduct and aided by technology, can help society prevent the spread of Fake News.
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