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LESSON 5: MEDIA AND INFORMATION SOURCES

As a media literate person, you need to identify where to look for information, how to access it,
and how to use it. You must also be able to examine your sources to check if they are relevant and of a
suitable nature to be included within your work.

MEDIA AND INFORMATION SOURCE


 It is any resource that serves as a means of communicating to a general or public audience.
 These sources are important because the medium in which we receive messages shapes the
message

KEYWORDS TO CONSIDER:

Reliability of Information

 Information is said to be reliable if it is verified and evaluated.


 Others refer to it as the trustworthiness of the source

Accuracy of Information
 Accuracy refers to the closeness of a report to the actual data.
 Accuracy of information may vary.

Examples:
 Forecasts are accurate if the report is similar to the actual data.
 Financial information is accurate if the values are correct, properly
classified, and presented.

Value of Information

 Information is said to be of value if it aids the user in making or


improving decisions.

Authorities of the Source

 Information does NOT always come from primary sources; it is


often passed on through secondary sources (writers, reporters,
etc.)
 Sources with established expertise on the subject matter are
considered as having sound authority on the subject.
Timeliness

 Reliability, accuracy, and value of information may vary based


on the time it was produced or acquired.
 Some may have been accurate, reliable and valuable during the
time it was produced and may become irrelevant over time
making it less valuable. Others are timeless throughout history.

INDIGENOUS MEDIA
 It is owned, controlled, and managed by indigenous people for
them to develop and produce culturally appropriate information
in the languages understood by the community
 Characteristics:
 Oral tradition of communication
 Store information in memories
 Information exchange is face-to-face
 Information is contained within the border of the community
LIBRARIES
 A collection of sources of information and similar resources,
made accessible to a defined community for reference or
borrowing.
 It provides physical or digital access to material and may be a
physical building or room, or a virtual space, or both
 4 Types of libraries – academic, public, school, and special
 Libraries with published books are often considered highly
reliable, accurate, and valuable.
 Reading materials are classified as fiction (author’s imagination) and non-fiction (true to life
information)

INTERNET
 Information found on the Internet varies in form and content.
 It is more difficult to determine its reliability, accuracy and
requires more discipline to check and validate.
 Factual and fictitious data are often merged and sources should
always be validated.

DETERMINING THE RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION


 Check the author
 The author’s willingness to be identified is a good indication of reliability.
 Check the date of publication or update
 While the information may be true, it may not be reliable if it is outdated and may have lost
relevance.
 Check for citations
 Reliable authors have the discipline of citing sources of their information.
 Check the domain or owner of the site or page
 Information from trusted sites are presented with caution and well-founded.
 The domains .edu and .gov are reserved for academic institutions and the government
respectively.
 Check the site design and the writing style
 Credible sources take time to make their information accessible and easy to comprehend.
 The contents are grammatically correct and the appearance is formal as well.

DETERMINING THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION


 Look for facts.
 Cross-reference with other sources to check for consistency.
 Determine the reason for writing and publishing the information. Check if the author is objective or
leaning heavily on a certain point of view.
 Check for advertising. Advertisers may use related information to market their products.

OTHER SOURCES
 It provides greater freedom and power to ordinary individuals and is a quicker way of distributing
information.
 The downside is that a lot of the information being passed around is biased and inaccurate.
 Other sources include Social Media, Blogs, Magazines, Newspapers, Dictionaries and
Encyclopedias.

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