Cathegories of Information.

1. TYPOLOGY OF
INFORMATION
LOREM IPSUM DOLOR
Submitted By: Dela Cruz, Julianne Nichole C.
Pedrosa, Nica T.
Rey, Abigail P.
Submitted To: Ms. Pearl Maxine Jimena

2. Typology Of Information
Have you every wonder what kind of information are you reading? Are you
aware of its use? Well from this presentation you will be able to learn the
following:
1.) Classification of Information
2.) Its uses
3.) What does this mean for being an Information Literate

3. Factual vs. Analytical
Factual
-Factual information is
information that solely deals with
facts.
-It is short and non-
explanatory.
-The best place to find factual
information is in reference books
such as encyclopedias and almanacs.
Analytical
-Analytical information is the
interpretation of factual information.
-What does the factual
information mean? What does it
imply?
-Analytical information is
mostly found in books and journals.

4. Subjective vs. Objective
Subjective
-Subjective information is
information from only one point of
view.
-Opinions are subjective.
-You can find subjective
information almost anywhere factual
information isn't. It is in books,
journals, websites and book reviews.
Objective
-Objective information is
information that is understood from
multiple viewpoints and presents all
sides of an argument.
-Reference books are a good
place to find objective information.
Newspapers that have balanced and
fair reporting are also objective.

5. Current vs. Historical
Current
-Current Informations are the
most up-to-date information.
-It is mostly found in;
-Newspapers - published daily
or weekly. Periodicals - published
weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually
Web
Historical
- Historical Informations are
from an historic time period to
provide a backdrop or global
perspective for a topic.
-It is mostly found in;
-History Books, Artifacts, and
Bibble.

6. Scholarly vs. Popular
Scholarly
-Include citations.
-Written by experts in the field.
-Original research published in
journals.
-Are usually peer-reviewed
(evaluated by other experts in the same
field).
-Usually are longer, about 10-30
pages.
Popular
-General interest stories which
may refer to research but do not
contain original research.
-written by the general public.
-Are not peer-reviewed.
-Rarely include citations.
-Tend to be shorter, about 200
words to a few pages.

7. Primary vs. Secondary vs, Tertiary
Primary
-Primary sources are
first-hand accounts or
individual representations and
creative works.
-Original documents that
don't usually describe or
analyze work by others.
Primary sources may be
published or unpublished
works.
Tertiary
-Tertiary Sources are
distillations and collections of
primary and secondary sources.
-Tertiary sources are
typically the last to be published in
the information cycle. Because it
has been filtered through many
reviewers, it tends to consist of
highly reliable and accurate
information, plus contain broad
perspectives of topics.
Secondary
-Secondary sources build
off of primary sources with
more extensive and in-depth
analyses. They summarize,
evaluate, and analytically
interpret primary material, often
by offering a personal
perspective.

8. Stable vs. Unstable
Stability becomes a consideration especially when the
information you have obtained is published digitally over the
internet. But an online source may still be predicted to be stable
or otherwise by evaluating it based on the following questions
(Ballenger 2009):

9. Information Literate
-In order to become an Information Literate, one must be able to cathegorized
and identify the kind of information used in an article or in media.
-To know what's the use of the Information gathered .

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