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Gullible's Travels

Gullible's Travels. How gullible are you?. Do you believe. everything you read?. books?. the newspaper?. the Internet?. television?. “The largest repository of knowledge ever created. is rapidly becoming. the single finest source. for getting it wrong.”. the Internet.

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Gullible's Travels

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  1. Gullible's Travels

  2. How gullible are you?

  3. Do you believe everything you read?

  4. books? the newspaper? the Internet? television?

  5. “The largest repository of knowledge ever created is rapidly becoming the single finest source for getting it wrong.” the Internet Keith Ferrell, former editor of Omni magazine.

  6. “In a national survey about news sources for Editor and Publisher (5/15/00), 76 percent of 550 regular Internet users said they could learn everything they needed to know from the net.” In the same survey, “51 percent said the Internet had the most accurate information.” “…a survey of 1,693 students…found that 22 percent believed that 80-100 percent of what they found on the net wastruthful.” In the same survey, although “a majority of students maintained that only 50-70 percent of what was on the Internet was true, they lacked sufficient strategies for deciding what was true and what wasn’t.” • Block, Marylaine. "Gullible's Travels.” Library Journal, v127 i7 (April 15, 2002): S12(3).

  7. Timeliness Authority Accuracy Objectivity • What to look • for in websites: • Accuracy • Authority • Timeliness • Objectivity

  8. Accuracy Accuracy Yes No Don’t know Are there quotes? Are there spelling errors? Are any graphs or charts clear and easy to interpret? Are sources cited? Is there a bibliography?

  9. The world is flat Authority Yes No Don’t know Anyone can author a website? Who’s your author? A celestial navigator or… ? Is there an author? Does the author have credentials? Is an organization associated with the website? Is there an “About Us” or “Contact Us” link?

  10. Currency Yes No Don’t know Timeliness Does the page list a creation date? When was the site last updated? Does the information seem to be out-of-date and therefore irrelevant and/or unreliable? Are there links and do they work?

  11. Authority Yes No Don’t know Objectivity Click here to examine this website. Why is this information being provided? What is the domain? (.edu, .gov, .com, .org) Is there advertising? Are they trying to sell you something? Is someone trying to fool you? Is it a bogus website? Might the author have a bias? Does the content seem to be factual or opinion?

  12. Click on screens to compare and evaluate these websites.

  13. Click on screens to compare and evaluate these websites.

  14. Where do you find material for a research paper? Articles in print journals 15% websites that provide accurate information (.edu; .gov; .org) reference books 25% government documents scholarly full-text articles from online databases microfiche/microfilm encyclopedias/dictionaries books

  15. Gullible's Travels Don’t believe everything you read. Don’t be a fool! Evaluate. Question. Think critically.

  16. A+ D- Evaluate websites.

  17. Bibliography Ferrell, Keith. “The largest repository of knowledge ever created is rapidly becoming the Single finest source for getting in wrong.” US Airways Attache, February, 2003. pp. 54-55. • Gullible's travels: Marylaine Block shows how to teach students to guard against misinformation, disinformation, and spin on the net. http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA210719 [Block, Marylaine. "Gullible's travels: Marylaine Block shows how to teach students to guard against misinformation, disinformation, and spin on the net.” (cover story). Library Journal, v127 i7 (April 15, 2002): pS12(3)] Microsoft Office. Design Gallery Live. http://dgl.microsoft.com/ Created by Susan Metcalf and Jennifer Rudolph, Massasoit Community College, Spring 2003

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