MODULE 8

Question 1

WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY?

Answer 1

INDIGENOUS, LIBRARY, AND INTERNET

Question 2

THIS MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY COMES FROM TRADITIONAL PRACTICES THAT ARE PASSED ON THROUGH GENERATIONS

Answer 2

INDIGENOUS

Question 3

WHAT ARE THE FORMS OF INDIGENOUS MEDIA?

Answer 3

FOLK OR TRADITIONAL MEDIA, GATHERINGS AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND DIRECT OBSERVATION

Question 4

THIS MAY BE WRITTEN, CARVED, OR ORAL

Answer 4

RECORDS

Question 5

THIS MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY CONTAINS PRINTED OR DIGITAL MEDIA AND INFORMATION

Answer 5

LIBRARY

Question 6

EXAMPLES OF THIS MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY ARE BOOKS, ENCYCLOPEDIA, NEWSPAPER, AND MULTIMEDIA CDS

Answer 6

LIBRARY

Question 7

THIS MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY IS A MASSIVE NETWORK OF MEDIA AND INFORMATION THAT CAN ACCESSED THROUGH THE WORLD WIDE WEB

Answer 7

INTERNET

Question 8

INFORMATION IS SAID TO BE RELIABLE IF IT CAN BE VERIFIED AND EVALUATED

Answer 8

RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION

Question 9

THIS UNDER IS RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION WHERE THE AUTHOR IS WILLING TO BE IDENTIFIED

Answer 9

CHECK THE AUTHOR

Question 10

THIS IS UNDER RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION IN WHICH THE INFORMATION MAY BE TRUE BUT IT MAY NOT BE RELIABLE IF IT IS OUTDATED

Answer 10

CHECK THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OR OF UPDATE

Question 11

THIS IS UNDER RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION IN WHICH IT SHOWS THE RELIABLENESS OF AUTHORS IN CITING THEIR SOURCES

Answer 11

CHECK THE CITATIONS

Question 12

THIS IS UNDER RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION IN WHICH CREDIBLE SOURCES TAKE TIME TO MAKE THEIR INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE AND EASY TO COMPREHEND

Answer 12

CHECK THE SITE DESIGN AND WRITING STYLE

Question 13

THIS IS UNDER RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION IN WHICH THE DOMAINS .EDU AND .GOV ARE RESERVED FOR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT RESPECTIVELY

Answer 13

CHECK THE DOMAIN OR OWNER OF THE SITE/PAGE

Question 14

WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATION IN EXAMING SOURCES OF INFORMATION?

Answer 14

RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION, ACCURACY OF INFORMATION, VALUE OF INFORMATION, AUTHORITY OF THE SOURCE, AND TIMELINES

Question 15

WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS UNDER RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION

Answer 15

CHECK THE AUTHOR, CHECK THE DATE OF THE PUBLICATION, CHECK FOR CITATIONS, CHECK THE DOMAIN OR OWNER OF THE PAGE/SITE, CHECK THE SITE DESIGN AND THE WRITING STYLE

Question 16

THIS IS A CONSIDERATION IN EXAMINING SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN WHICH ACCURACY REFERS TO THE CLOSENESS OF THE REPORT TO THE ACTUAL DATA

Answer 16

ACCURACY OF INFORMATION

Question 17

WHAT ARE CONSIDERATIONS UNDER ACCURACY OF INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE DONE?

Answer 17

LOOK FOR FACTS, CROSS-REFERENCE WITH OTHER SOURCES FOR CONSISTENCY, DETERMINE THE REASON FOR WRITING AND PUBLISHING THE INFORMATION, AND CHECK FOR ADVERTISING

Question 18

THIS IS A CONSIDERATION IN EXAMINING THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN WHICH IT AIDS THE USER IN MAKING OR IMPROVING DECISIONS

Answer 18

VALUE OF INFORMATION

Question 19

THIS IS A CONSIDERATION IN EXAMINING SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN WHICH MUCH OF THE INFORMATION WE GATHER DAILY DO NOT COME FROM A PRIMARY SOURCE BUT IS PASSED ON THROUGH SECONDARY SOURCES

Answer 19

AUTHORITY OF THE SOURCE

Question 20

THIS IS A CONSIDERATION IN EXAMINING SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN WHICH RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, AND VALUE OF INFORMATION MAY VARY BASED ON THE TIME IT WAS PRODUCED

Answer 20

TIMELINESS

Question 21

THIS CONSIDERATION ANSWERS THAT QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE DETAILS OF THIS PIECE OF NEWS?

Answer 21

RELIABILITY

Question 22

THIS CONSIDERATION ANSWERS THE QUESTION, WHICH OF THESE FACTS ARE MEASURABLE?

Answer 22

ACCURACY

Question 23

THIS CONSIDERATION CONSIDERS THE AUDIENCE OF THE ARTICLE

Answer 23

VALUE

Question 24

THIS CONSIDERATION ANSWER HOW THE AUTHOR IS RELATED TO THE ARTICLE

Answer 24

AUTHORITY