Faith and Fake News
A Guide to Consuming Information Wisely
- Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Published: 2023
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Publisher's Description
Share if you love Jesus. Scroll past if you follow the devil. Most Christians have encountered phony posts on our feeds meant to rile us up. But not everything we see on social media is so obviously absurd. As online spaces increase in importance, we urgently need to consider how to love our neighbors on the internet—and this includes sharing the truth. Rachel I. Wightman has seen this problem firsthand as a librarian with over a decade of experience instructing students in information literacy. In Faith and Fake News, she shares her expertise with average Christians. This timely and essential guide explains the information landscape and its tendency toward thought bubbles, discusses techniques for fact-checking and evaluating sources, and offers suggestions on ways to engage with our neighbors online while bearing witness to Christ and the truth.
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“The powers and principalities want us scrolling smartphones in constant anxiety and suspicion. What if we had a wise and kind specialist by our side to help us listen to the Holy Spirit rather than our fears? Rachel Wightman is the sort of guide you want to help you consider the sources, to discern well amidst the information deluge, and even to love your neighbor online.”
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