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The CRAAP Test

Currency: Is the information up-to-date for your topic?

Relevance: Does the information relate to your topic and is it at a good reading level for you?

Authority: Who is the author (or publisher, source, sponsor) and are they qualified to write about the topic?

Accuracy:Does the language seem unbiased and are there no grammatical errors?

Purpose:What is the reason for the site? Is it to inform and teach or is it designed to sell, entertain, or persuade?

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PLAGIARISM: What it is and how to avoid it.

Plagiarism checker Grammarly's free plagiarism checker allows you to copy and paste the text you want to check or you can upload a whole file.

Bias, Conspiracy Theories, and Propaganda

What is media bias? An organization's political bias can be seen not only through its opinion pieces and editorials, but through selective reporting and news analysis. Often this practice is not intended to cause harm but is simply an interpretation or analysis of facts or events.

What are conspiracy theories?
What is propaganda? However, at other times bias is intentional and results in a deliberate skewing of information towards a particular political ideology.

Evaluating Sources

When writing a paper or making a project, it is essential to understand that not all information is good information, especially when it is found online. The CRAAP Test is a handy checklist to use when evaluating resources. The test provides a list of questions to ask yourself when deciding whether or not a source is reliable and credible enough to use in your academic research paper. CRAAP stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose.

Too Outrageous To Be True? Maybe It's Satire.

Satire is a technique employed in writing, cartoons and videos to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and foibles. A writer may point a satire toward a person, a country, or even the entire world. Usually, a satire is a comical piece of writing which makes fun of an individual or a society, to expose its stupidity and shortcomings.

Examples of satire:

essays of Mark Twain
political cartoons
the online magazine, the Onion
Saturday Night Live

News: Is It Real or Is It Fake?

What is Fake News? Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish false information or hoaxes for the purpose of profit or influence. Fake News is sometimes meant as satire for the purpose of entertainment, but it can also be used for more nefarious purposes such as spreading disinformation for political reasons.

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