Unreliable sources of information

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Reliable information, which can be verified as true, is important to our success on a daily basis, whether the information is a recipe directions or witness’s account or a company’s financial report. Readers often take for granted that the information is accurate and even may take action on that assumption. A good example of a website that has both reliable and unreliable information is Wikipedia; Kaplan University Library has an insightful video on the value and drawbacks of this Internet source: About Wikipedia (video). Think about your encounters with misinformation or unreliable information and respond to the prompts below in paragraph format.

What are some examples of unreliable information you have encountered in books, periodicals, websites, and spoken word (e.g., interview, speech)?
How did you learn of the information’s unreliability?
What were the characteristics of the sources?
What were the consequences (or potential consequences) of taking action on this unreliable information?
What have you learned from your encounters with unreliable information? How will you avoid making a similar mistake in the future?

http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better (Julian Treasure link)

http://library.kaplan.edu/content.php?pid=150035&sid=1858203 ( Databases A-Z link)

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According to Goldman (2009), unreliable sources of information can easily mislead the readers if they take any actions based on the information they present. However, the users of these sources should make confirmation or citations based on the reliable sources available to them. Some of the good examples of unreliable information include, Wikipedia, forums, tweets, personal websites, sites that render bias information or those created by questionable organizations and blogs.

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