MIL Flashcards
Raw information
Data
the product of effective use of information
Knowledge
ability to analyze information needs, a study by ______, in the year of ________.
Information Fluency
Callison & Tilley, 2006
based on evidences and findings provided by reliable sources (books)
Factual
analysis or interpretation of facts by an expert (articles)
Analytical
unbiased information
Objective
expert opinion
Subjective
old but very helpful information (Humanities)
Historical
up-to-date/recent information (Natural Sciences)
Current
Academic, Professional, Technical
Scholarly
appeals to general interest such as magazines or online articles
Popular
first-hand information (autobiography)
Primary
written by someone other than the original researcher (commentaries)
Secondary
Materials on specific topics such as Encyclopedias
Tertiary
If sources routinely update
Unstable
If sources are associated with reputable institution such as CNN, BBC, NASA
Stable
Written for professionals in a particular field.
Reports on topics and events in a given industry
Trade Journals
Written for a general audience.
Focus on popular, current topics.
Magazines
Written for a scholarly audience.
Report original research.
Scholarly Journals
Current events and news.
Often published daily.
Newspapers
not all the same and are not created equal, may be evaluated by looking at the information that they contain
Source
Extensive coverage of one topic or theme.
Websites
Books
Can cover personal, corporate, or informational
Websites
unconventional source information
- Relayed either through people media (which are the persons involved in the use) or through indigenous media.
Indigenous knowledge
Who said that “Knowledge that is unique to a given culture or society”.
Warren 1991
community media Created and controlled in the community, community, for about the the community, and by the community
Indigenous Media
focuses on relationship between the creation organization, dissemination and use of information.
Information Ethics
local communication that is unique to a given culture of society
Indigenous communication
creations the mind
Intellectual Property
taking someone else’s work
Plagiarism
3 Categories of Information Disorder (UNESCO, 2018)
Misinformation - information that is false, person who is disseminating it believes that it is true
Mal-information - Information that may be true or has some truth in it but is disseminated for harmful intentions
Disinformation - intentionally false or inaccurate information
14 Historical Sequence of Media Type and its year.
- Books (circa 1450s - Printing press by Johannes Gutenberg)
- Journals (17th century)
- Newspaper (17th century)
- Film (Late 19th century)
- Radio (Early 20th century)
- Television (Mid-20th century)
- Video Games (1970s)
- Yahoo! (1994)
- Google (1998)
- Facebook (2004)
- YouTube (2005)
- Twitter (2006)
- Instagram (2010)
- Snapchat (2011)
Who invented Print media
Johannes Gutenberg (1440-1450)
Mass production (newsletters, books)
Journals
written by Scholars in an academic or professional field
Print Media
collection of short, factual entries often written by different contributors
Encyclopedia
2 Types of Encyclopedia
Subject Encyclopedia - one field of study
General Encyclopedia - variety of topics wide
movie or motion picture
Enhances the media experience of its consumer
Film or Cinema
What is AM and FM ?
Am - Amplitude modulation
Fm - Frequency modulation
Became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s
Telecommunication medium used for transmitting sound with moving images – Mass medium
Television
“household Media” Radio
- First electronic mass medium
Broadcast Media
Digital audio file made available in the internet for downloading
Podcast