Trying to learn (politics) in a data-drenched society: Can information literacy save us

European Political Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-223

  Thornton, Stephen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arboreal cephalopods; critical theory; google generation; information literacy; information obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862059902     PISSN: 16804333     EISSN: 16820983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eps.2011.20     Document Type: Article

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