Presentation about source criticism.

1. Source
criticism/evaluation
How to spot a reliable source
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Who?
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Who has published the information? Can
you find any information about the person
behind the information? Contact
information?
What makes that
person/organisation/company reliable?

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When?
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When was the information published?
Published close to when the event took
place?

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Why?
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Why is the information published? For
what purpose? Inform, entertain,
persuade, etc.
Look for tendencies (signs that they have
another purpose than to present objective
information).

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What?
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What information has been published? Are
there things they have chosen not to
include? Is the source objective?

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How?
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How is the information presented? Does
the website look professional?

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Different types of sources
● Independent sources – different sources that have no
connection to each other or to the event.
● Contradictory sources – different sources that present
the same information, but in different ways.
● Primary source – first hand source
● Secondary source
● Tertiary source
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Finally…
● Always use more than one source to be sure that the
information is trustworthy and reliable.
● Try to use different types of sources (newspapers,
websites, books, magazines, experts etc.).
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