by LIS101 | Feb 8, 2019 | Readings, Webpages, Wiki |
A quick Google search will return many hits imploring that Wikipedia is as accurate as any traditional encyclopedia. Nature first compared Wikipedia to Encyclopedia Britannica in 2005 and found the two sources comparably reliable. Other sources disagree and state...
by LIS101 | Sep 19, 2018 | lecture notes, Lesson Plans, Readings |
This overview of the materials in this class discusses generally: Why we see things differently. Why we don’t like to be wrong. Why it is dangerous to question authority. Where we got the letter A. The morbidity of Puritan children’s books. How culture and...
by LIS101 | Sep 11, 2018 | Blogs, libguides, Research Skills |
Propaganda is used to support a narrative in the public’s debate about how the world works, what everything means, and how we should think and act. In order to create and disseminate propaganda, these are the steps a propagandist might take. Incidentally, I am using...
by LIS101 | Jun 17, 2016 | Readings, Research Skills |
An information artifact is anything through which people communicate, such as a text, an image, a piece of graphic design, or a video. By asking critical questions as you engage it, you can develop a deeper understanding of an artifact’s context, aim, and meaning. To...