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Information Literacy
A project in four parts…groups
Group 1
Juliana, Andrea, Will, Regina, and Lika
The question
Group 1 – What is the “deep web”? Why is there
a deep web? Give a citation for the sources of
your answer. What are the differences
between search engines, web portals, subject
indexes, and meta-searches? When would you
use one versus another?
Deep Web
The "deep web" is also known as the invisible web. It's all the
content on the web that you won't find in a search engine.
One reason is there is a deep web is that the webpage owners
don't allow search engines to display their webpages. Another
reason it exists is to avoid clutter. A search engine searches for
specific key words or topics (e.g. general knowledge-music
lyrics). A web portal provides links to similar websites to
specific topics (e.g. research report). A subject index is an
alphabetical listing of different topics (e.g. researching a
medical condition). Meta-searches is the ablility to check
multiple websites at the same time for the same purpose (e.g.
airline tickets).
The question
Group 2 - Describe/explain in kid-friendly
language, the differences between the terms
Information, Disinformation, Misinformation,
and Propaganda. Give specific examples and
provide citations for the sources of
information in your answer.
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Group 2:
Sarah, Mary, Clairessa, Adam, Jody
Information
Information- Facts found from reading, doing,
seeing, or being told
Ex. Frog is an amphibian
Misinformation
Misinformation- facts that are not true
Ex. The earth is flat
Propaganda
Propaganda- Facts, true or not true being given
that help a specific person or people
Ex. See pictures
Disinformation
Disinformation-facts that are not true that are
told to other people as truth
Ex. If you cross your eyes they will stay that
way
Works Cited
http://www.clipartpal.com/_thumbs/pd/educa
tion/look_it_up.png
http://www.illustrationsof.com/royalty-freeconfused-clipart-illustration-215196.jpg
http://reading.phillipmartin.info/la_propagand
a.gif
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/i
mages/questns.gif
www.Yahookidsdictionary.com
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/gene
ral/evaluating/counterfeit.html
Group 3
Katie Bigelow, Betty Carpenter,
Galadriel Thompson, Huiqing Su
The question
Group 3 – In what ways do search engines for
children differ from regular web search
engines? Give three specific examples of
Internet search engines and/or subject
indexes that you would recommend for K-12
students. How did you make your selections?
We first compared Yahoo to Yahoo kids to test how well it
searches for questions. We noticed some differences which we
noted below.
Yahoo Kids
• Games, movie clips, etc
• Colorful, bold print
• Kid relevant information
• Simple content
• Social oriented
Yahoo
• News
• Less dramatic colors,
with more information
packed into the page
• Consumer reports, jobs,
travel, real estate, etc.
• Login capable to your
own site and e-mail
Searched “Cars the movie” in both
yahoo and yahoo kids. The difference
between the two included:
• Yahoo – paid companies at the top for prime
traffic
• Yahoo- included Wikipedia
• Yahoo – included image results
• Yahoo kids – seemed to filter out more sites
• Yahoo kids- included some of the same basic
sites like Disney
Kids Click
• Seems to be set up more like a library search.
Kids can chose a topic and click links to filter
their searches
• Colorful, but not overwhelming
• Produced by Kent State University School of
Library Information Sciences
Ask Kids
• Simple with three choices of searches
• Sample questions – could be used to spark an
inquiry
• Seems to answer questions specifically, but
doesn’t redirect you to other websites to fin
their own answers
We would recommend Yahoo Kids,
Kids Click, and Ask Kids.
We would recommend yahoo kids for older elementary students.
There is more pop culture and distractions that the younger
students may be distracted by. Yahoo kids also gives broader
results that the older kids can better look through. We would
recommend Kids Click for younger researchers. It is set up
more like a library. Students can use the links to guide them
through their searches. It has fewer distractions within or
around the site. Lastly, we would recommend Ask Kids. In
this search engine, the results are given to you in answers,
rather than websites. This would also be good for students
who are less able to sift through search results. A teacher may
need to pre-search on this site to make sure the answers it
provides fit the criteria of your objectives.
Group 4
Stephanie, Lucy, Mary Helen, Sammy
The question
Group 4 – The Rhetorical Media Ethics and
Rhetoric journal website contains information
for detecting media/political bias (A Better
Understanding of Media Bias). What types of
bias in the news are described?
The Rhetorical Media Ethics and
Rhetoric Journal
1. Commercial Bias – similar to an endorsement. Since news
media is a for profit business they promote the products that
bring them the most amount of money.
2. Temporal Bias – News media is competitive, and ever
changing to promote a story or information that is new and
fresh regardless of importance.
3. Visual Bias – News is little without a picture to show, and
pictures are worth a thousand words, even if they are the
wrong words.
The Rhetorical Media Ethics and
Rhetoric Journal (cont.)
4.
Bad News Bias – Danger, sex and corruption sells, without
an anticipatory hook there is little to look forward to.
5.
Narrative Bias – The most opinionated of the biases,
characters are made larger than their actual role, story lines
are drawn where ambiguity is and once the story is told
there is little that can be done to change it.
6.
Status Quo Bias – News media downplays the importance of
the underlying structure of an issue to reassure society that
there is little threat to the norms of daily life.
The Rhetorical Media Ethics and
Rhetoric Journal (cont.)
7. Fairness Bias – News media balances the scales for
opposing sides on air but this does not mean that
the balance is consistent or relative.
8. Expediency Bias – News medias have competition
within house, and reporters will stop at nothing to
make the front page.
9. Glory Bias – News media individuals make
themselves a part of the story so that they are
recognized as a character in history.