Indigenous Media and Other

Sources of Information
Lesson 4
In the previous lesson, we discussed how media and information
evolve throughout history. It makes us easier to access more
information. But how will we know the validity and reliability of
the information that we get?
 What’s In
The coronavirus or Covid19 pandemic is a global health crisis and the
greatest challenge in 2020. It creates economic, political, and social
effects on every country it touches and leaves deep scars on it.
Some people lose their jobs and income. Some businesses are forced to
close. Education switches to a remote learning approach. No one has an
idea when normality will return.
 Directions: To know more about this pandemic, your task is to look for 3 news articles
about Coronavirus Covid-19 and place them in a sheet of paper. Then,
write on the box the references where you got your news articles and answer the questions
that follow.
Reference for news # 1
Reference for news # 2
Reference for news # 3
 What is It
Sources of Information There are three sources of
information:
1. indigenous media
2. Library
3. and internet.
Indigenous Media
Indigenous media could also be defined as a variety of media
expressions conceptualized, produced, and circulated by
indigenous people with information appropriate to their culture.

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Indigenous Knowledge
is unique knowledge from a specific culture or society. Indigenous
Communication is the transmission of information through local channels
or forms by which the culture is preserved, handed down, and adapted.

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Characteristics of Indigenous Media
• oral tradition of communication
• store information in memories
• information exchange is face-to-face
• information is contained within the border of the
community
Forms of Indigenous Media
• Folk or traditional media
• Gatherings and social organizations
• Direct observation
• Records (written, carved, oral)
• Oral instruction
Library
is a place where artistic, literary, musical, and
reference materials such manuscripts, books, and
films are kept for use and not for sale.
Types of Libraries
• Academic Library. This is for Colleges and
Universities
• Public Library. This is for cities and towns
• School Library. This is for students from
Kindergarten to Grade 12
• Special Library. This is in specialized
environments such as hospitals, private businesses
and the government.
Internet
It is a global computer network providing a variety of
information and communication facilities, consisting of
interconnected networks using standardized
communication protocols.
Since it is easy to access information from the internet,
the following evaluation criteria will help you how to
assess online resources.
1. Currency.
• It is the timeliness of the information.
2. Relevance. It is the significance of the information
that you need.
3. Authority. It is the source of information.
4. Accuracy. It is the closeness of the report to the
actual data
5. Purpose. The reason why it is created.
SKILLS IN DETERMINING THE RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION
1. Check the Author
2. Check the Date of Publication or of update
3. Check for Citations
4. Check the Domain or owner of the site/page.
.com – commercial
.gov – government
.edu – educational
.org – nonprofit organization
.mil – military
 Activity 3.
Sources of Information Give examples of media for each
source of information by pasting 3 pictures in each box. Do
this in a short bondpaper.

Indigenous Media Library Internet

Activity 4. Mind Mapping
Directions: Create a mindmap about
indigenous media. A Mind Map is a
diagram used to visualize the relationship
among pieces of the whole. You may add
more circles if necessary.

Indigenous
media
 What I Have
Learned

Let us remember:
✓ There are three sources of
information: indigenous media,
library and internet.
 What I Have
Learned
✓ Indigenous media could also be
defined as a variety of media
expressions conceptualized,
produced, and circulated by
indigenous people with
information appropriate to their
culture.
 What I Have
Learned
✓ A library is a place where
artistic, literary, musical, and
reference materials such
manuscripts, books, and films
are kept for use and not for sale.
 What I Have
Learned
✓ Internet is a global computer
network providing a variety of
information and communication
facilities, consisting of
interconnected networks using
standardized communication
protocols.
Assessment
Practical Applications

of
Concepts
To face the future is to look at where we came
from in the past. The evolution of media and
other sources of information before is one of
the learnings that we should discover and
develop. It will help us more about the
technology and media we use nowadays. But
we should also be careful when it comes to
justifying what we see or read on the different
social media platforms. There are times that
most of us use media and technology to
deceive other people.
5. Jade browses the internet on how to cite references for her
research paper so that she will not commit plagiarism. What
function of media is this?
A. Monitoring Function
B. Opinion Function
C. Information Function
D. Media as channel
Enrichment Activity
Directions:
In this activity, interview two elders in your
family and ask them about cultural beliefs or
practices in your community: how they preserve,
handed down and adapted them. Then, ask at
least three teenagers if they know and value
those cultural beliefs or practices.
 Thank you!
Do you have any follow-up questions for me?