Media Law & Literacy

  What are reliable sources? A reliable source is one that provides a thorough, well-reasoned theory, argument, discussion, etc. based on strong evidence. There are many types of reliable sources and you may be able to think of one right now that is similar to you that you always go back to that you trust. Some examples of reliable sources are Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles or book, Trade or professional articles or books, Magazine articles, books and newspaper articles from well-established newspapers, and Websites and blogs.      Although they are all examples of reliable sources they have their differences. To start off, Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles or books are written by researchers for students and researchers. They contain original research as well as an extensive bibliography. Trade or professional articles or books are written by practitioners in a field to impart practice-oriented information. With this content you have to be aware of sources on the internet that loo

     As Professor Smith states on his blog, technology is wonderful, until it turns against us. In today’s age technology has completely taken over our lives and it seems as though the negatives have started to outweigh the positives. Kids at such a young age are being handed a phone and instead of going outside to play with their friends forming face to face friendships and social skills their eyes are glued to a screen for hours each day stuck inside. The dangers they are being exposed to are endless and people do not realize how permanent the effects really are.       Jaun Enriquez talks about just how permanent what we post and our online presence have. We compare what we post online to tattoos, they are permanent and will be there forever. Jaun goes on to question, what if everything we posted on the internet was placed on us like a tattoo and represented everything we were? When he asked that question I knew it made me pause and think, and I bet a lot of people would do the same