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Head, Ph. D.  \nBarbara Fister Margy MacMillan  \nContents  \nIntroduction 1  \nPart One: The Age of Algorithms 3  \nPart Two: Student Perceptions and Concerns 13  \nPart Three: Conclusion and Recommendations 27  \nLeading Thinkers 37  \nMethods 43  \nKeywords and Definitions 49  \nAbout PIL 51  \nPROJECT INFORMATION LITERACY THE ALGO STUDY REPORT • 1  \nIntroduction  \nWe live in an era of ambient information. Amidst the daily flood of digital news, memes, opinion, advertising, and propaganda, there is rising concern about how popular platforms, and the algorithms they increasingly employ, may influence our lives, deepen divisions in society, and foment polarization, extremism, and distrust. For the past decade, Project Information Literacy (PIL)1 has conducted large-scale studies on how college students interact with information for school, for life, for work, and most recently, for engaging with the news. The latest report from PIL stands at the intersection of these critical information practices and asks: How much do students know about how internet giants such as Google, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook work, and, in turn, how they work on society?  \nThis pivotal generation2 born before the constant connectivity of social media, has come of age aware, cautious, and curious about the implications of the current information landscape. Deeply skeptical, many of these students are conditioned to do research for themselves rather than deferring to experts or major news outlets. They understand that “free” platforms are convenient but also recognize they harvest massive amounts of personal data to target adsand influence what content they see.  \nWhile many students worry about how the next generation will fare in terms of disinformation,  \nprivacy, and personal well-being, they do not fully understand how big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are being used in educational technology and society. Neither do their professors. While faculty are alarmed about the social impact of the internet giants and the loss of a common culture, they have little idea how to relate their concerns to the information tasks intrinsic to the courses they teach.  \nWhen librarians and educators first adopted information literacy and critical thinking as essential educational outcomes, the algorithmdriven platforms many of us turn to — Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Amazon—did not exist. Though information literacy has grown to include news literacy in the wake of the “fake news” crisis,3 there is little consideration of how colossal sites like these influence what we see and learn, what we think, and ultimately, who we are.  \nIf we believe that information literacy educates students for life as free human beings who have the capacity to influence the world, then information literacy needs to incorporate an understanding of ways that news and information flows are shaped by algorithms. To do this, we need to know more about how students interact with algorithm-driven platforms. We must consider courses of action for educators preparing students to understand the technological and social forces shaping the circulation of news and information in society today.  \n1 For details about Project Information Literacy, see [https://www.projectinfolit.org/about.html](https://www.projectinfolit.org/about.html)  \n2 See “The pivot generation” on p. 26 for a discussion of how students in this study described themselves as belonging to a distinct age cohort because of their childhood experiences with emerging technologies.  \n3 Alison J. Head, Erica DeFrain, Barbara Fister, and Margy MacMillan (5 August 2019),“Across the great divide: How today’s college students engage with news,” First Monday 24(8), DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i8.10166](https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i8.10166)  \nPR","cbCaitAIy55NFEoD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitAIy55NFEoD","pdf",3803358,55,"English","# Introduction\n# Part One: The Age of Algorithms\n# Part Two: Student Perceptions and Concerns\n# Part Three: Conclusion and Recommendations\n# Leading Thinkers\n# Methods\n# Keywords and Definitions\n# About PIL","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of the report?\",\"answer\":\"The report investigates students’ understanding of algorithm-driven platforms and how those systems shape access to, evaluation of, and creation of knowledge, especially in relation to news and society.\"},{\"question\":\"How did PIL collect the data for this study?\",\"answer\":\"PIL used qualitative data from student focus groups and faculty interviews conducted during fall 2019 at eight U.S. colleges and universities.\"},{\"question\":\"What concerns do students and faculty express in this report?\",\"answer\":\"Students are often skeptical and worry about issues such as disinformation, privacy, and well-being, while faculty are concerned about social impact and cultural loss but may not know how to connect these concerns to course information tasks.\"}]","PROJECT INFORMATION LITERACY THE ALGO STUDY REPORT - Introduction | PDF",1792058312,139]