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Mark Ivan Roblas

Social Media as Pseudo-Public Spaces: The Digital Arena in the Hearts and Minds of the People

Public knowledge is no longer shaped solely by traditional institutions such as schools, libraries, newspapers, or governments. Increasingly, online platforms, search systems, metadata structures, and algorithmic visibility determine what information people encounter, how they understand issues, and what they ultimately regard as the truth. Social media platforms and search engines, and later on artificial intelligence large language models, have become major gateways to knowledge, influencing not only access to information but also the formation of public opinion. Understanding their role is essential for evaluating contemporary debates about misinformation, algorithmic transparency, and democratic participation.

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Oluyemi Ayanbode

Telepsychiatry: Leveraging Video Conferencing Tools and Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Knowledge Sharing

Telepsychiatry uses video conferencing technology to provide psychiatric care from a distance, facilitating easy clinical knowledge exchange between medical professionals, educators, and patients throughout the globe. This strategy facilitates real-time consultations, training sessions, and cooperative case discussions to alleviate the severe scarcity of mental health specialists, especially in underserved and rural areas. By 2026, telepsychiatry will be essential for providing equitable mental health care due to developments in secure platforms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration.

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A black keyboard at the bottom of the picture has an open book on it, with red words in labels floating on top, with a letter A balanced on top of them. The perspective makes the composition form a kind of triangle from the keyboard to the capital A. The AI filter makes it look like a messy, with a kind of cartoon style.
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Alberto Garcia

Finding the Familiar in the Age of AI

Why do we automatically respond to new technologies by wanting to create more? The Mexican writer Juan Villoro observes that our relationship with technology has evolved into one of dependence in which failure is defined by “the fear of missing out”. This is the fear that pushes us towards production fed by our tendency towards addition and complexity, a phenomenon well documented. When solving problems, we tend to add rather than subtract. Faced with the challenge that generative AI presents to learning and research in higher education, the same instinct has shaped our response.

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Sana

College Students as Key Learners in Information Literacy Programmes for Combating Misinformation and Disinformation

Have you ever used strategies while searching for a specific problem? Well, most youngsters do not even bother whether they are consuming actual information on the internet or not, because they only care about synthesized information to fulfill their needs. The major issue in developing nations like Pakistan is that we, as students, face the risk of believing all the information we find on Google or social media is accurate. When it comes to information literacy, people who consume content on social media and in their daily lives don’t bother about the authentication of the news they consume. So, the question is what will happen when students get literacy instructions at college and early university life in all disciplines?

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Leili Seifi

Rural Women Hold Some of Iran’s Most Valuable Knowledge. Can Information Literacy Help Them Keep It?

When people hear the term information literacy, they often think about searching online, spotting misinformation, or evaluating websites. These skills matter. Yet recent thinking in Information Literacy suggests that IL is also about understanding how knowledge is created, valued, shared, and sustained within communities. Information literacy is not only about finding information. It is also about recognizing valuable knowledge, preserving it, sharing it responsibly, and ensuring that it survives for future generations. In Iran, one of the most important priorities for the future of IL may be helping rural women preserve the indigenous knowledge they already possess and pass on to future generations.

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Sheng-Hsiang Lance Peng

Unitree’s Robots on America’s Got Talent: Who Owns Technological Imagination?

A three-minute performance on America’s Got Talent recently travelled far beyond the television stage. Eight humanoid robots from Unitree Robotics entered mid-routine, joining a human dancer in a tightly synchronised sequence set to pop music. The audience reaction was immediate: applause, laughter, audible disbelief. Within hours, clips circulated across YouTube, X, TikTok and news platforms, accumulating millions of views and a dense layer of commentary.

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Dijana Šobota

In Pursuit of Social Justice: Reclaiming Information Literacy as a Transformative Practice

Over the last fifty years, IL has evolved from a “niche” library practice and skill into a concept connected to democracy, social justice and human rights. Yet much discussion in the field still revolves around definitions, frameworks and competences, while broader social and political realities shaping information practices receive less attention. If IL is to be socially relevant and “fit for the future”, its value cannot lie only in conceptual refinements, but in its ability to respond to the conditions affecting our lives.  

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