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Evaluation: Can all websites be trusted?
Evaluation: Authority
Evaluation: Currency
Evaluation: Bias
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Why is InfoLit important?
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Resource-based learning in the curriculum
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PART 4: BIAS (WHY DID THE AUTHOR CREATE THE WEBSITE?)
| What is 'bias'? |
Go to Dictionary.com to get a definition of 'bias'. |
| Types of Bias |
- List and summarise each of the 8 types of bias listed at the FairPress website.
- List three examples of when 'bias' is acceptable, and why.
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| Detecting bias |
Take Albany University's User Education Tour. Record all answers in your notebook, together with the reasons for your answers. |
| Propaganda, Misinformation and Disinformation |
Go to John Hopkins University's Sheriden Library website, and summarise the differences between propaganda, misinformation and disinformation. Use these three terms as sub-headings. |
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This page created and maintained by A.B. Credaro © 2007
Last updated 8th April 2008
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