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Truth in Urban Legends? Using Snopes.com to Teach Source Evaluation
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DeGroot, Jocelyn M. – Communication Teacher, 2011
Information spreads online at a much faster rate than ever before, often without being confirmed by trustworthy sources. Students must be able to evaluate the online source and the online source's information for accuracy and credibility. In public speaking, argumentation, and persuasion classes (among others), students are taught to use confirmed…
Descriptors: Evidence, Communication Research, Internet, Online Searching