Select an advocacy topic that features both critical literacy and intellectual freedom.
Please write a one-to-two-page paper with two to three peer reviewed resources to support your point of view.
Critical literacy. (2022). [Digital Image]. https://library.fiveable.me/literacy-instruction/unit-1/theoretical-frameworks-literacy-development/study-guide/48OspVxK7P9AD4Gr
Critical Information literacy began to emerge in the mid-2000s it draws heavily from the work of Paulo Freire who sought to correct perceived limitations to mainstream information literacy; critical information literacy believes in the importance of students generating social subjects – they create information not just absorb the information as it is given by teachers or professors (Cope, 2017).
Critical information literacy is often viewed as a mechanism for information advocacy or information activism. Either refer to the strategic use of information and technology in conjuncture to create and disseminate messages that seek to promote changes in society that benefit the community (Cuevas-Cerveró et al., 2023). The goal of critical information literacy is twofold, first it encourages student to talk meaningfully about issues by looking at language, concepts, images, and uncovering the ideas or concepts behind them; second it can work as a mechanism for social changes through activism (Diversity in Mind, 2021).
References
Cope, J. (2017). The Reconquista student: Critical information literacy, civics, and confronting student intolerance. Communications in Information literacy, 11(2), 264-282.
Cuevas-Cerveró, A., María-Jesús Colmenero-Ruiz, & Martínez-Ávila, D. (2023). Critical information literacy as a form of information activism. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 49(6), 102786–102786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2023.102786
Diversity in Mind. (2021, April 24). What is critical literacy? - Diversity in mind. Diversity in Mind. https://diversityinmind.com/what-is-critical-literacy/