34 Month: November 2021 (page 1 of 4)

As we discussed earlier in the course, a lot of scientific literature belongs to journals that require fees to read, even though much of the scientific research in…

I have been working on my senior politics thesis all semester, and I decided to meet with a WFU librarian for the first time (and I’ve gone back…

Basic Skills Wrap-up One of my personal learning goals was to become a more responsible consumer of media, so I decided to make a graphic out of the…

Google has a massive issue on their hands when it comes to their search engine algorithm. After reading Safiya Umoja Noble’s article “Missed Connections,” I was shocked to…

I was surprised to learn about the costs of the resources used in higher education. This is a ridiculous amount of money! If the school did not pay…

The notion of Fake News has been around for awhile, but the phrase seemed to have gained a lot of popularity throughout the Trump presidency. This now common…

A topic of this week that I found to be particularly pertinent is “Media Literacy.” Media Literacy refers to the ability to access, analyze, create, and essentially, use…

Fake news is false or misleading information presented as news. It often has the aim of damaging the reputation of a person or entity, or making money through…

Search engines are the new yellow pages. For those unfamiliar with Yellow Pages, Yellow Pages is a phone book that was in every household to look up people…

Hi everyone! Here is a screen recording I made walking through using the SIFT strategy for assessing the legitimacy of a source. https://watch.screencastify.com/v/xCn2hjwL2HmkM8KCh0mN