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Craig Gibson's avatar

Thank you for this very thoughtful article--I agree that librarians should become much more curious about current alternative media and information sources in the interest of viewpoint diversity and intellectual freedom.

I won't say more about the #Twitter Files or Matt Taibbi here (I've done that before in this space :-) ).

I'd also like to see librarians be more curious about:

--the current misinformation/disinformation conundrum we're dealing with, and the politicized discussions of both, and how better thinking from philosophy and psychology might help the field discuss these more effectively

--alternatives for credible news gathering (trusting news sources)

--interventions to reduce polarization and the research underpinning them--the Stanford Depolarization experiments)

--Various civil society initiatives where librarians can align in a nonpartisan way

--Alternative models to improve scientific credibility (Open Science Framework, Adversarial Collaborations)

Thanks again for this article!

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S. Anderson's avatar

Thank you for covering this very important topic!

From a comment thread on an earlier piece I was heartened to learn that students do use these alternative sources in their research papers.

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