questioning information sources
DESCRIPTION
When you are deciding what information to use for a paper -- or any other purpose -- there are some questions you should ask about the information you're using. This presentation offers some ways to question information sources and decide whether they are appropriate for your work.TRANSCRIPT
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Who?What
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Why?Who? What ? Why?
Questioning information sources
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Anybody canedit Wikipedia!
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Anybody canedit Wikipedia!
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Would you click on these links?
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What is it?
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Open
web
• Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Wikipedia• self-hosted blogs, not hosted by an
organization
News
sources
• Newspapers, magazines and trade publications
• blogs of organizations, often newspapers or magazines
Academic scholarship
• books• journal articles
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Who created it?
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Who are they?
• A journalist?• A scholar?• A blogger?
What is their background or experience?
• Education?• Work on the topic?• Previous writing?
Does their experience make them a credible source on the
topic? • Given what you know about them, do you trust their opinion or point of view to speak for you?
• What do other people say about them online?
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Why was it published?
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Sharing original research results
Selling you a product
Selling you an idea
Introducing a new
idea
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Sharing original research results
Selling you a
product
Selling you an idea
Introducing a new
idea
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For each source:
• What kind of source is it? • Who wrote it and their background?• Who published it? What is their point
of view or purpose in sharing the information?
• Would you use this source in an academic paper?
• Would you use it for other purposes?