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NEWS RELEASE - PROJECT INFORMATION LITERACY (PIL) APRIL 2, 2019 National Study on Information Literacy among College Students in the Age of Algorithms Support from the Knight Foundation, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and ER&L Santa Rosa, Calif. – Project Information Literacy (PIL), a nonprofit research institute, is marking its 10 th anniversary by launching a national study looking at the future of information literacy among college students. The research, conducted by Alison Head and Barbara Fister, will examine today’s information environment and the impact of one of its most defining features — algorithms — the endless lines of opaque coding that make lightening-fast calculations and decisions for and about us that affect the course of our everyday lives in both helpful and unhelpful ways. Grounded in knowledge gained from PIL’s decade of large-scale studies on how college students find and use information for course work and in their personal lives, and more recently, on the interplay of journalism, new platforms, and trust in media, a special research report will summon educators to embrace the challenge of understanding new forms and channels of information beyond academia. A set of recommendations will be offered for three groups — librarians, educators, and journalists — that work where information and young adults intersect. “When librarians and educators first adopted information literacy as an essential educational outcome, algorithm-driven platforms like Google, Facebook, and YouTube did not exist,” said Dr. Alison J. Head, the director of PIL and an information scientist and a senior researcher at the metaLAB at Harvard. “Now colossal online platforms with their invisible switches and filters have tremendous potential to influence our opportunities, what we see and learn, what we think, and ultimately, who we are.” The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and ER&L, a leading library conference, are sponsoring PIL’s latest research effort, the eleventh study for the influential PIL project. New data from interviews with more than 100 students and faculty on six different college

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Page 1: NEWS RELEASE - PROJECT INFORMATION LITERACY (PIL) · NEWS RELEASE - PROJECT INFORMATION LITERACY (PIL) APRIL 2, 2019 National Study on Information Literacy among College Students

NEWSRELEASE-PROJECTINFORMATIONLITERACY(PIL)

APRIL2,2019

NationalStudyonInformationLiteracyamongCollegeStudentsintheAgeofAlgorithms

SupportfromtheKnightFoundation,HarvardGraduateSchoolofEducation,andER&L

SantaRosa,Calif.–ProjectInformationLiteracy(PIL),anonprofitresearchinstitute,ismarkingits10thanniversarybylaunchinganationalstudylookingatthefutureofinformationliteracyamongcollegestudents.Theresearch,conductedbyAlisonHeadandBarbaraFister,willexaminetoday’sinformationenvironmentandtheimpactofoneofitsmostdefiningfeatures—algorithms—theendlesslinesofopaquecodingthatmakelightening-fastcalculationsanddecisionsforandaboutusthataffectthecourseofoureverydaylivesinbothhelpfulandunhelpfulways.GroundedinknowledgegainedfromPIL’sdecadeoflarge-scalestudiesonhowcollegestudentsfindanduseinformationforcourseworkandintheirpersonallives,andmorerecently,ontheinterplayofjournalism,newplatforms,andtrustinmedia,aspecialresearchreportwillsummoneducatorstoembracethechallengeofunderstandingnewformsandchannelsofinformationbeyondacademia.Asetofrecommendationswillbeofferedforthreegroups—librarians,educators,andjournalists—thatworkwhereinformationandyoungadultsintersect.“Whenlibrariansandeducatorsfirstadoptedinformationliteracyasanessentialeducationaloutcome,algorithm-drivenplatformslikeGoogle,Facebook,andYouTubedidnotexist,”saidDr.AlisonJ.Head,thedirectorofPILandaninformationscientistandaseniorresearcheratthemetaLABatHarvard.“Nowcolossalonlineplatformswiththeirinvisibleswitchesandfiltershavetremendouspotentialtoinfluenceouropportunities,whatweseeandlearn,whatwethink,andultimately,whoweare.”TheJohnS.andJamesL.KnightFoundation,HarvardGraduateSchoolofEducation,andER&L,aleadinglibraryconference,aresponsoringPIL’slatestresearcheffort,theeleventhstudyfortheinfluentialPILproject.Newdatafrominterviewswithmorethan100studentsandfacultyonsixdifferentcollege

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campusesacrossthecountrywillbeincluded.Datawillbecollectedaboutfacultyandstudentawarenessofblack-boxalgorithmsthataredramaticallyinfluencingtheinformationtheyencounterandimpactingtheirabilitytodistinguishfactsfromfalsehoodsinthenewsandinformationtheymayreceive.Concernsaboutthehiddenpowerofalgorithmshavecontinuedtomountinrecentmonthsforusersofpopularplatforms.Earlylastyear,abreakingnewsstoryrevealedCambridgeAnalyticausedpowerfulalgorithmstotrawlthroughmillionsofFacebookprofilesanddevelopatargetedcampaigntoswayusers’votinghabits.Morerecently,PinterestandYouTubearewrestlingwithdecisionsaboutcontentmoderationinthefaceofmisinformationaboutvaccinesandthelightning-fastspreadofextremistpropaganda.Evenplatformsthatcontrolthecomplexproprietarycodethatdetermineswhatweseecanbecaughtunpreparedwhenthesystemstheydesignedtopersuadeshoppersareusedtospreadnoxiousideologies.Studentsneedtolearnhowalgorithmsaffecttheinformationthatstreamsatthemconstantlythroughoutthedayinordertobetrulyinformationliterateinthe21stcentury.“Weareraisingcriticalquestionsatatimewhenhighereducationneedstopaymoreattentiontohowprofoundlyourinformationlandscapeischanging,”saidHead.“OurreportwillsummarizekeyfindingsfromadecadeofPIL’sstudiesofmorethan22,000U.S.studentswhileaskingsomedeeperquestionsaboutpreparingtoday’sstudentstoparticipateinsharingandcreatinginformationresponsiblyascitizensinachangingandchallengedworld.”Theopenaccessreport,dueoutinmid-December,willshedlightontheseandotherimportantissuesandmakerecommendationsforawayforwardintheageofalgorithms.ThispublicationwillbuilduponfindingsfromPIL’s2018large-scalenewsengagementstudy,whichHarvardGraduateSchoolofEducationandKnightFoundationalsofunded.KnightFoundationisanationalfoundationwithstronglocalrootsthatinvestsinjournalism,inthearts,andinthesuccessofcitieswherebrothersJohnS.andJamesL.Knightoncepublishednewspapers.Theirgoalistofosterinformedandengagedcommunities,whichtheybelieveareessentialforahealthydemocracy.Contact:Dr.AlisonJ.Head,Director,ProjectInformationLiteracy,http://[email protected],707-800-7590


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