Thursday, January 5, 2017

Digital Literacy

A few posts ago we discussed the difference between fake and real news. Since it was post election most of the focus was on Facebook and how fake news stories may have influenced people's votes. A recent Stamford study went further by including the internet as a whole and found troubling results.

Please read: http://motherboard.vice.com/en_au/read/we-need-to-teach-kids-how-to-be-skeptical-of-the-internet There will be a 6 question quiz on the article on Wednesday, 1/11/17.

You are bombarded by information all day long. Some from legitimate sources and others with dubious intentions. How do we determine fact from fiction? One way is to go to the source.

So let's begin. Visit this site and put your detective hat on: https://www.minimumwage.com/

For our post:
  1. Is this a legitimate news source? Why? What are you basing your decision of legitimacy on? 
  2. What organization is supporting this website? Who are they? Does that change your opinion of the information supported by the website? 
Do not copy someone else's response. Do your own research. 
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7 comments:

  1. leticiaJanuary 6, 2017 at 6:26 AM

    I feel that this news is a legitimate news source. I first always look to see if they have https on the top because thats how you know its secure. I also based it on the types of information and date that they have collected. the organization that is supporting this is Employment Policies Institute (EPI). , EPI is a non-profit research organization that studies public policy issues surrounding the employment growth. No it doesn't change how I feel about the site having to be real.

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  2. PalalyaJanuary 8, 2017 at 3:21 PM

    It is a legitimate news source because http shows it is a safe and secure website. Also, since Google is a major search engine, you can look up the site and it's legit. I'm basing my decision on the sources that I've used and checking out the EPI (Employment Policies Institute) website. EPI, founded in 1991, is a non-profit research organization dedicated to studying public policy issues. It also focuses on issues that affect entry-level employment. EPI supports this website. No, it does not change my opinion of the information on the website.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 9, 2017 at 7:37 AM

    This is a legitimate news source because of the https and how the web browser is safe and secure. The organization that supports this is Employment Policies Institute which is a non-profit organization founded in 1991. No this does not change my opinion of the information supported in this website.

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  4. Emely RealJanuary 10, 2017 at 8:21 AM

    This is a legitimate source. I say this because in the link it says https. That's how you know that a website is sage and secure. EPI stands for Employment Policies Institute which was founded in 1991. EPI is a nonprofit organization which is dedicated to studying public policies issues. No, this does not change my opinion on the information on this website.

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  5. EsmiJanuary 12, 2017 at 5:12 PM

    This is a legitimate source and the link has https on it. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit that was created in 1986 to talk about economic policy discussions. It does not change my opinion of the information on the website.

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  6. dayna sosnowskiJanuary 19, 2017 at 8:30 AM

    I believe this is a legitimate news source. That is because this website https which shows the source is protected and secure. Also, you're able to easily look up the site through the internet. The organization that supports this website is EPI, which stands for Employment Policies Institute. They are a non-profit research organization. They study public policy issues that are based upon or deals with employment growth. This does not change my opinion on the information supported by the website.

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  7. lindsey lennonJanuary 30, 2017 at 7:47 AM

    This is a legitimate source because it has a lock icon on the top left of the screen. This means it is real and on the bottom of their page they have a link to Employment Polices which is a program that studies issues such as unemployment. This changed my opinion a little because If such a caring organization supports them, It makes me want to trust the information more on the website.

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