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Fact- Checking Popular Media
This assignment is helping to build your scientific literacy and critical thinking skills. We will take a popular media source (think verywellmind.org or YouTube videos) and compare/contrast with peer-reviewed articles. Remember the CRAAP test as well!
Please be sure to fill in the right side of the table.
| Directions (don’t modify this column, please) | Responses (be sure to spell-check!) |
| Link to source
Title of source |
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| Please summarize the content in about a paragraph, pretend you’re explaining this to someone that hasn’t seen it before. | |
| Does it pass the CRAAP test? Hint, go back to our learning resources in this module for support.
Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose |
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R: A: A: P: |
| List two peer-reviewed journal articles on the topic in APA format. | ·
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| Compare and contrast information provided in the source with the peer reviewed articles by answering these questions: | · What information provided by the popular source is supported by the peer reviewed articles? (Reference all three sources here)
Example: PR source 1 says ….. the popular source agrees… PR source 2 says….the popular source agrees… · Do your peer-reviewed articles disagree with anything from your popular source? If so, what? PR source 1 …. PR source 2….
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Application
Why should we care about the topic you selected? What have you learned that you can apply to the real world? |
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| Provide an APA-style reference list (all sources listed as in-text citations, including the video or website).
(No need to hanging indent) Look at the APA module in our courseroom for more help!
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