Media in a Hyper-mediated World: KLN 0873

Navigating Digital Information is a 10-part Crash Course video series. Check out the other parts:

• #2 Facts about Fact Checking

• #3 Check Yourself with Lateral Reading

• #4 Who Can You Trust?

• #5 Using Wikipedia

• #6 Evaluating Evidence

• #7 Evaluating Photos & Videos

• #8 Data & Infographics

• #9 Click Restraint

• #10 Social Media

After you have decided that a source is potentially useful, read it carefully and critically, asking yourself the following questions about how this research fits your project:

• How relevant is this material to your research question?
• Does the source include counterarguments that you should address?
• How persuasive is the evidence? Does it represent opposing viewpoints fairly? Will the source be convincing to your audience?
• Will you need to change your thesis to account for this information?
• What quotations or paraphrases from this source might you want to use?

Adapted from Easy Writer (4th ed.)