Information Timeline

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• ​Discuss where we get our information

• Examine how information changes

• Evaluate recent news

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​Information evolves as time moves forward!

​Some events make it all the way to scholarly literature and others don't!

​https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1439763779688882180/photo/1

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Where do you go for breaking news?

​The Information Timeline

​Within minutes, basic facts of events are shared by others, as well as news stations on TV, radio and internet.

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Information is just reported as events happen, so information presented as facts may not be accurate or verified!​

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​Think of news articles you've read that says: "Update" or "Revision"

​MINUTES

​Social Media, Internet, TV

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1439763779688882180?s=20&t=rKGJRNplUcnhRBVizLuLfg

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​Within hours, public opinions start to circulate on social media, news stations, which turn into discussion and debate.

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A few hard facts start to emerge, as well as speculations, through updates! We don't often know the entire truth yet! Info can be inaccurate, incomplete, biased and highly emotional.

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​Think of the comment sections on news and social media sites...

​Same Day

​Social Media, Internet, TV

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Is it hard to keep up with a breaking story?

• Yes

• No

• It's complicated.

​Information pollution is...

​the contamination of information supply with irrelevant, redundant, unsolicited, hampering and low-value information. Examples include misinformation, junk e-mail and media violence. (Orman, 2015).

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Same day

​https://twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1439976012188692496?s=20&t=O-CdK0DJ4guP3pbgHgdDhQ

https://youtu.be/aYGZHf008AQ

Same day

​https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trapped-migrants-collecting-food-try-evade-law-enforcement-us-mexico-border-2021-09-20/

​Days after the event occurs, the news media keeps reporting new information, sometimes they'll call in experts to weigh in and give their expert opinion.

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​More facts are in play now, which can be confirmed by people interviewed, as long with other photographs, videos.

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​You start to hear and see other sides of the story at this point, including

photos and videos. ​

​Days & Weeks

​Social Media, Internet, TV

​https://www.npr.org/2021/09/21/1039230310/u-s-border-agents-haiti-migrants-horses-photographer-del-rio

​https://www.npr.org/2021/09/21/1039230310/u-s-border-agents-haiti-migrants-horses-photographer-del-rio

​Analysis of the cause of the event begins! Newspapers and magazines publish summaries and analyses. Social media sites might feature discussions of facts and opinions.

​​All of these sources (basic analysis, opinions, editorial bias, analysis of cause) contain some degree of bias, but there are more detailed and factual reporting.

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​Do you remember a news article or magazine article authored by an

expert in XYZ issues talking about the event? ​

​WEEKS

​Newspapers, Magazines

​WEEKS/MONTHS

​https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/dhs-inspector-general-declined-to-investigate-horse-mounted-border-patrol-whipping-accusation

https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/12/09/americans-treated-us-like-animals-then-they-deported-us-to-haiti

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/del-rio-and-the-call-for-migrant-justice

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When do you think we begin to forget about breaking news?

​Academics and experts in different fields start to conduct research, experiments, and studies in various topics associated with the event. We start to see peer reviewed academic articles with extensive bibliographies.

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​​The academic articles contain technical language, analyze statistics and trends, theoretical evaluations, and maybe even bibliographies. Peer review helps ensure accuracy and quality. Can be difficult to understand = published for scholars!

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​This is the most common type of research your professors want you to

look at when in college/university! ​

​MONTHS

​Academic articles

​https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C44&as_ylo=2022&q=haiti+and+migrants+texas&btnG=

​https://utep.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,haiti*,AND&query=any,contains,migrants%20OR%20immigrants,AND&query=any,contains,border,AND&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01UTEP_INST:01UTEP&lang=en&mode=advanced&offset=0&facet=searchcreationdate,include,2022%7C,%7C2023,lk&facet=tlevel,include,peer_reviewed,lk

​MONTHS

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What happened months ago that you're still talking about?

​In-depth coverage with comprehensive overview in books! These can be biased depending on the author's credentials and authority. Can be scholarly or popular.

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​After several years, reference books will be published with little emotion, authored by scholars and/or experts and offers a broad coverage of a topic.

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​This is the most common type of research your professors want you to

look at when in college/university! ​

​YEARS

​Books, Documentaries

​Popular book

​Scholarly book

​Reference books

​MONTHS/YEARS

​https://time.com/6144970/mirard-joseph-haitian-migrants-del-rio-border/

​2021

​2022

​https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2022-Jul/202112280-cbp-closing-report-public-redacted-final.pdf

​2023
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/summary-crcls-recommendations-and-cbps-response-mass-migration-event-del-rio-texas

​https://www.cbsnews.com/news/haiti-immigration-homeland-security-broadens-temporary-protected-status-program-for-haitians/

​When you need to learn more about your topic, you can start and move between any point in the evolution of information depending on the info you need.

​* Adapted from https://library.ucmerced.edu/rpt/knowledge_cycle_8

Multiple Choice

Where would I look to find in-depth coverage with a comprehensive interview of the event, without emotion, and is presented as fact?

• Encyclopedia (book!)

• Newspaper Article

• Facebook

​Thank you! Any questions?

References

Orman, Le. (2015). Fighting information pollution with decision support systems. Journal of Management Information Systems. 1 (2): 64–71. doi:10.1080/07421222.1984.11517704

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