Factors of Information Literacy Preventing Fake News: A Case Study of Libraries in Developing Countries

Abstract

This study’s core purpose is to determine the prevention of fake news and the roles of librarians in spreading fake news and the effectiveness of information literacy programs. Because people all over the country mostly rely on fake news rather than authentic news. People all over the country mostly rely on fake news rather than authentic news. Fake news attracts all kind of people and society is going to the wrong path for trusting those news and sources. Librarians or information professional’s role is to give right information to right people at the right time. Fake news attracts all kinds of people and society is going down the wrong path by trusting those sources. Librarians or information professionals' role is to give the right information to the right people at the right time. The study conjointly highlights the importance of determining the roles and responses of librarians in information literacy programs in preventing the era of fake news. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify fake and authentic news, and to determine the roles and responses of librarians to prevent the spread of fake news. The target audience of this study is librarians of public and private libraries in Dhaka. The exploration of data has been completed by quantitative techniques. Librarians can spread this knowledge and make all users aware of fake news. The target audience of this study is librarians of public and private libraries in Dhaka. The exploration of data has been completed by quantitative techniques. A questionnaire survey approach has been adopted and data has been consolidated by following the google form questioning method and some questions through audio call. Data were fully analyzed by 28th version of SPSS software. This study also reviewed literature which is related to this study topic. Data analysis represents using pie charts, bar and histogram also Cronbach’s alpha reliability test is shows with the help of SPSS. After findings this study concludes some valuable recommendations and challenges. This paper concluded with an investigation into how technology influences information literacy among librarians, identifying the competency level of librarians and determining the challenges in dealing with fake news.