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Alien Babies and Angelina Jolie: Evaluating Sources Using Tabloids with a Taste of News Literacy

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Heather Beirne

The following activity is meant to demonstrate the concepts of authorship and authority to first year writing students. Students will use their prior knowledge and everyday experiences with subpar information to draw parallels between evaluating academic and popular sources.

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Alien Babies and Angelina Jolie- Evaluating Sources Using Tabloids with a Taste of News Literacy.pdf
Resource Type(s)
Activity
Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed
Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Discipline(s)
Not Discipline Specific
Type of Institution
Community or Junior College
College
University
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Scope
Classroom-level
Course-level
License Assigned
CC Attribution-NonCommercial License CC-BY-NC

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