How internet use is changing society
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How internet use is changing society
3.Deciding if information is Credible:
Suppose you find some information on the web
that you want to use in your paper. You would
then have to decide whether or not it is a credible
source. How would you decide if a source was
credible?
Your answers:
WHO? Expert/Credentialed 9 - 1 specific author 1- would research the author 5- would look at author’s other work 1- a “known” author 2- the website has an author 4Wouldn’t use if not from an expert 1 - nor blog 3- -nor .com 1- nor chat 1 - nor Wikipedia 1- nor commercial site 1- nor fee-based site 1 - nor (wiki) collaboratively written 1
WHAT?Source Total 35.gov 8.edu. 9.org 6Government site 1Educational site 1From a university 2Who is the audience? 1Biased? 2From a journal 1From a peer-reviewed journal 1Well-known publication 1ProQuest (“search engine”)From a library or found on a library webpage 5Quality Total 14Accuracy/lack of inaccuracies 2
Corroboration with other info 11
Believability 1
References Total 6Source listed 4
WHEN?
Currency Total 6 12%
Research Resources:
SCC Library Books
SCC Library Databases
Internet
Searching the internet using GoogleWikipedia link
.edu sites http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freedom-speech
ASK.com link
About.com link
.gov sites link
Research guides from libraries link
Research Resources:
SCC Library Books
SCC Library Databases
Internet
Journal topic:
a. What did you learn today?
b. What are you still “foggy” on?
Think critically about information
producer/creator
Expert?
content
Relevance? Audience? Purpose? Quality? Bias?
currency
Appropriately Current?
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HO?
HAT ?
HEN ?