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Reading through the Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers online book was an eye opener into the truth behind online sources. This book outlined resources that a readers can do to identify the reliability of a source, checking how complete your work is, or trying to trace a claim made by a source. This identification system is called the fast-checking process and is reliant upon 4 central moves. These moves are checking for previous work, finding the originality of a source, reading laterally, and circling back. I believe this fast-checking process can provide value when writing research papers or exploring new topics. The book also discussed that pieces of writing should only be written or commented about when emotional levels are steady and in check. This is something that I believe many of us can learn from as most of the time we begin commenting on situations in the spur of the moment. This leads to saying words that are not always the most thoughtful or accurate statements. One of the last things that I read about was reviewing an online picture and finding its original source. This is something that is important as technology has made it easy to screen clip or photo shop pictures. This has been seen to have pictures being used in articles that have no direct ties to the meaning of the picture. Reading this has questioned the reliability of pictures in articles and wanting to confirm its relation to the article. Lastly, it is crazy to think that people or organizations actually pay social media sites to post their information at the top of individuals news feeds. Personally, this is crazy to me because I disregard most information that doesn't relate to me, but I guess if it works and generates money or service for the group then go ahead and keep doing it.
Caulfied, M. Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers. Link
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