{"id":525,"date":"2025-11-01T16:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/?page_id=525"},"modified":"2025-12-23T00:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:52:44","slug":"information-literacy-and-mis-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/research-areas\/information-literacy-and-mis-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Literacy and Mis\/Disinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"525\" class=\"elementor elementor-525\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244ba31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"244ba31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58db40f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58db40f\" 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