Given the vast amount of information currently available on the internet and the spread of fake news and other types of disinformation, source evaluation has become a key competence for all users. But what is exactly “source evaluation” and why/when should users perform it? How do reading literacy theories define this construct?
Based on the results of empirical studies on users’ sourcing behavior, Mônica Macedo-Rouet will make the case that sourcing may depend on the information seeking context. With that in mind, she will propose some topics for discussion on the development of educational interventions to teach sourcing to adolescents.
Mônica Macedo-Rouet is a professor of educational psychology at CY Cergy Paris Université. Her research focuses on the role of digital reading and education in the development of literacy among young people and adults. She is currently an associate editor of the Journal for the Study of Education and Development. Previously, she has served as the editor of ComCiência, an online science communication magazine at the State University of Campinas (Brazil), and as a researcher at the National Center for Pedagogical Documentation (Canopé – French Ministry of Education, France) and Paris 8 university.
