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The Journalistic Approach: Evaluating Web Sources in an Age of Mass Disinformation
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Elmwood, Victoria – Communications in Information Literacy, 2020
A new approach to teaching web source evaluation is necessary for an internet that is increasingly littered with sources of questionable merit and motivation. Initially pioneered by K-12 educational specialists, the journalistic model avoids the cognitive duality of the checklist and a reliance on opaque terms and concepts. Instead, it recommends…
Descriptors: Journalism, Questioning Techniques, Evaluative Thinking, Evaluation Criteria