This document discusses the importance of trust in libraries and media/information skills. It notes that we are currently experiencing an international trust crisis, with the rise of populist governments, social media manipulation by governments and companies, lies over scientific data, and the overriding of social reality by political metaverses. However, libraries can serve as trustworthy information reservoirs, and developing media/information skills in citizens can help balance emotions with knowledge. Maintaining social trust requires cooperation between families, education systems, public institutions like libraries, and employers.

1. Media and Information Skills,
Libraries and Trust
Jesús Lau, Ph.D.
jesuslau@gmail.com / jlau@uv.mx
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Researcher, Faculty of Pedagogy,
Universidad Veracruzana, Región Veracruz
Co-Chairs, Alianza MIL de UNESCO, Abuja, Nigeria
Veracruz, Veracruz, México
October 26, 2022
URL: https://www.unesco.org/en/weeks/media-
information-literacy

2. Trust noun - Definition
Oxford Dictionary
1. The belief that somebody/something is
good, sincere, honest, etc. and will not
try to harm or trick you
2. The belief that something is true or
correct or that you can rely on it
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3. Dialectic ICT Eclipse Effect
Communication –
Information era
Uncommunication –
Disinformation era

4. Dark Digital Age
International Trust Crisis
• Populist governments have sprung up
• Top government/Companies social media manipulation
• Lies and refusal to use scientific data
• Political metaverse overrides social reality
• Population tends to favor “ilussion reality solutions”

5. Trust
Libraries – Information
Reservoirs
Media and Information
Skills
Emotions - Knowledge

6. Social Trust Stakeholders
Family
Educational system
Public institutions: Libraries
Employers

7. • Oxford University Press (2022). Oxford Leaner´s
Dictionaries. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
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