Course Description
This course (INF2326H – Expertise and Misinformation) explores the causes, experiences, and consequences of misinformation, and the role played by expertise and experts in defining its boundaries. This course challenges the view that there is an objective basis for determining what is misinformation. One person’s hero may legitimately be another person’s villain. This course addresses three topic areas: (a) individuals’ ways of knowing (psychology of misinformation); (b) social construction of experts and expertise (sociology of misinformation); (c) ways to navigate expertise in a “post-truth” world (critical information literacy).
This course can be used to fulfil the “Critical Perspectives” Professional Requirement.
Exclusion: INF2239H