Who?What

?

Why?Who? What ? Why?

Questioning information sources

Anybody canedit Wikipedia!

Anybody canedit Wikipedia!

Would you click on these links?

What is it?

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

Who created it?

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?

Why was it published?

Sharing original research results

Selling you a product

Selling you an idea

Introducing a new

idea

Sharing original research results

Selling you a

product

Selling you an idea

Introducing a new

idea

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?