Media Literacy

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Research

• Media Literacy
• Research Project

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Essential Question

• What is credibility and how does one determine
  credibility of a source?

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Research

• What sources are available to provide information
  for research topics?
• Internet
• Books
• Interviews
• Videos/TV programs
• Journals/Magazines (online or print)
• Newspapers (online or print)

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Research

• What are the sources you are most likely to use
  for your research?
• Online sources

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How do you know if your sources are trustworthy?

• The term used to describe trustworthy research
  sources is
• CREDIBILITY

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Credibility

• Who can you trust?

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Six Criteria for Evaluating Websites

• Authority
• Currency
• Accuracy
• Scope
• Objectivity
• Documentation

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Authority

• Who is responsible for the content?
• What are the authors qualifications?
• Can you identify a parent organization or
  sponsor?
• What are the qualifications of the parent
  organization or sponsor?

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Currency

• When was the page written?
• When was the page published?
• Was the page recently revised?

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Accuracy

• Is the information recent where appropriate?
• Is the information detailed and comprehensive?
• Are sources listed for presented information?
• Are there links to reputable outside sources?
• Are there grammatical errors in the content?

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Scope

• Is it an overview or is it specific information?
• Is it too specific for your information needs?
• Is it too general for your information needs? Do
  you need more detail?
• Is there an intended audience?

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Objectivity

• How much bias is evident in the content?
• Does the content seem fair, balanced, and
  reasonable?
• Are there any conflicts of interest?
• Are they trying to sell you something?

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Documentation

• Are there citations?
• If it is a web site, does it link to other
  reputable sites?
• It if is a web site, who links to the site that
  you are evaluating?
• Are there graphs, tables, or illustrations to
  support the text?

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Other ideas to consider

• Check the domain name
• Look for information for source citation
• The less information you can gather from the
  site, the less probable it is credible
• Look at the formatting of the site
• If it is difficult to navigate or has a lot of
  dead links, it might not be as credible

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Example

• Burmese Mountain Dog
• Legitimate Site
• Mankato, MN

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Resources to Consider

• BHS Media Center Data Bases
• SIRS
• PROQUEST
• Opposing Viewpoints
• INFOTRAC
• Why are these data bases good options for
  research?

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Resources to Consider

• Reputable magazines, newspapers, or news sites
• Newsweek
• Time
• New York Times
• The Economist
• Star Tribune
• Pioneer Press
• CNN
• Etc

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Resources to Consider

• Center for Media Literacy
• PBS
• Documentaries
• Frontline
• Interview a professional

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Resources NOT to Consider

• Wikipedia
• Why?
• Yahoo answers, about.com, similar sites.
• Why?
• Doing a general Google search
• Why?

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Suggestions for Researching

• Print off sourcesyou will need to hand in the
  six sources you use for your annotated
  bibliography
• Buy paper in ITC
• Bring paper from home
• Save and print at home

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Suggestions for Researching

• Print off articles as you find them
• For homework each night
• Actively read
• Highlight
• Underline
• Notations in the margins
• Writing in the Margins reading strategy
• Take notes/collect information for research and
  annotated bibliography
• Make sure to collect information for citations
• Many data bases have buttons to click which
  will generate citation
• Create citations in a timely manner

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BibliographyAssignment 2

• Purpose To create a list of possible sources to
  use as support in the research paper.
• BibliographyAll the sources considered
• Works CitedOnly the sources used in the paper.

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BibliographyAssignment 2

• Suggestion Create citations for each sources as
  you go.
• Reasoning Then you will have a the list created
  and will only need to check formatting.
• IT WILL SAVE YOU TIME!

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BibliographyAssignment 2

• Save your bibliography because you will be able
  to use the citations for your Annotated
  BibliographyAssignment 4