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Ma’am Mira Pozon
Media and Information Sources
-is any resource that serves as a
means of communicating to a
general, public audience. These
sources are important because the
medium in which we receive a
message shapes the message.
Media and Information Sources
• 3. www.yahoo.com
Yahoo! was started at Stanford University. It was
founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and
David Filo, who were Electrical Engineering
graduate students when they created a website
named "Jerry and David's Guide to the World
Wide Web".
Examples of Internet Media and Information Sources
• 3. www.yahoo.com
Yahoo! was started at Stanford University. It was
founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and
David Filo, who were Electrical Engineering
graduate students when they created a website
named "Jerry and David's Guide to the World
Wide Web".
Other Media Information Sources
1. Magazines
Periodical publication containing
articles and illustrations, covering a
particular subject or area of interest.
Example of Magazines:
SUCCESS
TIME
Other Media Information Sources
2. Newspaper
A publication (usually printed ated
pub issued daily or weekly)
consisting of folded unstapled
sheets and containing news, feature
articles, advertisements, and
correspondence.
Other Media Information Sources
3. Encyclopedia
A book or set of books giving
information on many subjects or
on many aspects of a subject and
typically arranged alphabetically.
Evaluating Information Found in the Internet
✶ Authorship
✶ Published body
✶ Accuracy and Verifiability
✶ Currency
Things to Consider in Evaluating Information
• Reliability – the information is said
to be reliable if it can be verified and
evaluate. Others refers to the
trusthworthiness of the source in
evaluating the reliability of
information.
Things to Consider in Evaluating Information
• Accuracy – refers to the closeness of
the report to the actual data.
Measurement of accuracy varies,
depending on the type of information
being evaluated. Forecasts are similar
to the actual data and financial values
are correct.
Things to Consider in Evaluating Information