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Exploring the Political Dimensions of Information Literacy through Popular Film
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 10, Number 3, July 2010
- pp. 265-282
- 10.1353/pla.0.0110
- Article
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Certain popular films contextualize the access, use, and interpretation of information within a political and social framework. As a result, these films function as alternative pedagogical sites for analysis and critique, facilitating critical thinking about information beyond the library and the classroom, and leading students to a deeper understanding of the fundamental need for information literacy. A conceptual basis for the consideration of film in politically engaged information literacy instruction is provided, supported by a discussion of three relevant films: Jason Reitman’s Thank You for Smoking (2006), Joel and Ethan Coen’s Burn after Reading (2008), and Oliver Stone’s W. (2008).