Instructor: Brandy Horne is the head of instruction and reference at USCA’s Gregg-Graniteville Library. Her research interests include information seeking motivation/behavior and how this impacts civil discourse; trends in book challenges/bans and censorship; and information literacy instruction. Prof. Horne has an MLIS from Valdosta State University and has been at USCA since 2012. Description: Since the 2016 presidential election, fake news has become a topic of much discussion, and librarians have been eager to share their information literacy expertise, creating and circulating articles about and guides for spotting fake news. But fake news isn’t the problem. In this session, we’ll look at the various factors that contribute to the spread of disinformation online, its impact on civil discourse, and what people can do to address these issues. We’ll also discuss the problematic nature of the “fake news” frame and how it distorts the issue and efforts to address it.