mdsc100
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Slide presentation to accompanying library instruction session for Media & Society 100TRANSCRIPT
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Podcasting Project : Introduction Podcasting Project : Introduction to Information ResourcesIntroduction to Media and Society
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Marumushi Newsmapp• www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm
• Visual representation of Google News aggregator▫ Self-described:▫ “…a tool to divide information into quickly
recognizable bands which, when presented together, reveal underlying patterns in news reporting across reveal underlying patterns in news reporting across cultures and within news segments in constant change around the globe.”
▫ Including accentuation of bias
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Types of Informationyp
• Primary | Secondary |TertiaryScholarly | Popular• Scholarly | Popular▫ “peer reviewed”▫ “refereed”
Tip!Tip!
Examine databases for refereed Examine databases for checkboxes and/or tabbed results to limit results to scholarly literature.
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UTSA Library. Scholarly Journals v. Popular Magazine Articles. Accessible online: http://lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/scholarlyguide.html Accessed: 20 Oct. 2008
Scholarly | Popular
2008.
y pCharacteristics Scholarly Popular
Length Longer, in-depth Shorter, broad overviewg g p
Authorship Expert or specialist, with credentials
Staff writer or journalist, no credentials
Language Jargon of the field Non-technical for broad g g gaudience
Format Structured, with sections No format or structure
Editors Board of experts in the Staff editorsEditors Board of experts in the field (refereed)
Staff editors
Credits Bibliography to document research
No usually provided, though works may be referenced in text
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James Cook University. Examples of Primary, Secondary, & Tertiary Sources. Available online: http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/LibraryGuides/primsrcs.shtml. Accessed 20 Oct 2008
Primary | Secondary | TertiaryDiscipline Primary Secondary Tertiary
Accessed 20 Oct. 2008.
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Art Original artwork Article critiquing piece
Art Index
Engineering Patent Derwent Patent Index
Guide to using patent literature
History Explorer’s Diary Book about APAIS exploration (Information
thesaurus)
Literature Poem Treatise on genre MLA Index
Psychology Notes by clinical psychologist
Monograph on the condition
Dictionary of psychology
Science Journal reporting Biological --p goriginal research
gabstracts
Theatre Video of performance
Biography of playwright
Chronology of the play
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Social bookmarking | Link, site, and resource organization
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Media Headlines
• Direct from sources / Newspaper web sitesAggregated news:• Aggregated news:Google News [news.google.com]ProQuest - NewspapersProQuest NewspapersAcademic (LexisNexis)
• News magazine sitesg• Technorati [technorati.com]
blogs = Popular opinion/discussion/buzz
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Blogsg
• “A blog … is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.”—Wikipedia.
• Technorati [technorati.com]blogs = Popular opinion/discussion/buzz/bias
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Organizational Toolsg
• Google News▫ Email alerts▫ Email alerts▫ News feeds
• Delicious• Other social bookmarking toolsg
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Critical Information
• What are the related aspects of your topic?
Examples:• body image and media• body image and media• sports and cultural identity• influence of the media on political choice• influence of the media on political choice• impact of video games on physical activity
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Film & television literature index
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Copyrightpy g
• All rights reserved• Creator of the work controls
use, derivation and ,distribution of that work
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Public Domain
• Copyright of the work in question is not currently held
• Work is generally available for g yuse or re-use
Creative Commons
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Creative Commons
Attribution No Derivatives
Share AlikeNon-Commercial
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Citation Resources
• Cite source | http://citesource.trincoll.edu/Style guides @ HWS:• Style guides @ HWS:▫ APA (5th ed.) | REF PN147 .P83 2001▫ Chicago (15th ed ) | REF PN147 U69 2003Chicago (15 ed.) | REF PN147 .U69 2003▫ MLA (6th ed.) | REF PN147 .G53 2003
