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Evaluating Online Sources

Popular vs Scholarly Articles

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Lesson Title: Database Diving for Peer-reviewed, Scholarly Articles

 

Part I- Scholarly vs Popular Sources

Teaching Strategy/Instructional Procedure: Inquiry-based learning

Learning Strategy/ Procedure: Document analysis

Instructions: Take a look at these two sources. What are some characteristics, or differences, between these to sources?

 

 

Source 2) van den Eijnden, Regina J.J.M, Lemmens, J. S., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2016). The social media disorder scale. Computers in Human Behavior, 61, 478-487. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.038

 

Source 1) Hern, A. (July 31, 2019). US could ban 'addictive' autoplay videos and infinite scrolling online. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jul/31/us-could-ban-addictive-autoplay-videos-and-infinite-scrolling-online

 

 

 

Part II- Scholarly vs Popular Sources

Teaching Strategy/Instructional Procedure: Inquiry-based learning

Learning Strategy/ Procedure: Inquiry Chart, Document analysis

Instructions: Next, use the chart below to tease out the characteristics between these two types of sources.

 

          

 

Criteria

Scholarly publications include:

Popular publications include:

 

Who publishes this?

 

 

Author(s)

(Who wrote this?)

 

 

Where would you come across this publication in everyday life?

 

 

 

Visual appearance (photos, charts, graphs, etc)

 

 

Who is the target

Audience

(Whom did they write this for?)

 

 

 

 

Content

(What is the info about?)

 

 

Purpose

(Why do these exist?)

 

 

Authority

(Is there quality control in the publishing process?)

 

 

Writing Style

(formal vs informal)

 

 

References / Bibliography?

 

 

 

Does it have any advertisements?

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                           

- by Adrian M. Spring, 2020

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