question archive week 4 discussion topic: RESEARCH IN THE DIGITAL AGE Today the entire world is literally at our fingertips
week 4 discussion topic: RESEARCH IN THE DIGITAL AGE Today the entire world is literally at our fingertips
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week 4 discussion topic: RESEARCH IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Today the entire world is literally at our fingertips. A few quick clicks of a keyboard and we are instantly met with seemingly endless resources. What are some of your strategies for conducting responsible research in the digital age?
To help support your answer, provide two examples of websites ending in .com, .org, .edu, or .gov. Begin by selecting a broad and debatable topic (examples may include key themes from local or global politics, contemporary social movements, or controversial incidents).
Next, conduct a brief Internet search using your selected topic and pick two sources of information. These should represent two different website classifications.
Finally, consider your two selections. How are the sites similar? How are they different? Use the information literacy skills you have developed in previous weeks of this course to assess the validity of your selected websites and to provide a value judgement of the sources
