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West Virginia Participant 7 (White/female/46), interviewed on October 21, 2021
This is an interview about fake news and information literacy with West Virginia Participant 7 (White/Female/46), interviewed on October 21, 2021. The participant agreed to the terms as outlined in the informed consent form proceeding this interview. Some of the broad conversations that took place during this interview were about fake news and how it appears on social media and the news. Dr. Stephen Underhill was the primary investigator for this project
The Fake News and Information Literacy Project is published in conjunction with Dr. Stephen M. Underhill's First Year Seminar and Special Collections at Marshall University. This IRB-approved qualitative interviewing project introduces students to the craft of undergraduate research. Students interview participants about their perceptions of fake news on the internet and their practices to outsmart it. The project replicates Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin's seminal study "Information Literacy Challenges in Digital Culture: Conflicting Engagements of Trust and Doubt," published in Information, Communication & Society (2021). The interviews focus on contemporary conspiracy theories about such topics as the COVID 19 pandemic, 2020 presidential election, January 6 investigation, Black Lives Matter, Antifa, and more. The transcripts are situated at intersections of culture, technology, and democracy. Participants and interviewers in the project are anonymous. For more information, please contact Dr. Underhill at underhills@marshall.edu.
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