Relevance and Reliability

It is the extent to which information contains factual and updated details that can be verified by consulting alternative and/or primary sources.

• accuracy

• bias/perspective

• relevance

• reliability

It is the information's level of importance to a particular viewing purpose or explicitly stated need for that information.

• accuracy

• bias/perspective

• relevance

• reliability

It is the information's level of trustworthiness based on information about the author and the publishing body.

• accuracy

• bias/perspective

• relevance

• reliability

It is the position or slant toward which an author shapes information.

• accuracy

• bias/perspective

• relevance

• reliability

Analogy:

Accuracy: _________________

• evidence

• credibility

• perspective

• purpose

Reliability: _________________

• evidence

• credibility

• perspective

• purpose

Relevance: _________________

• evidence

• credibility

• perspective

• purpose

Bias: _________________

• evidence

• credibility

• perspective

• purpose

Denise reads up on the profile of the video creator before believing the points raised in it.

• accuracy

• bias/perspective

• relevance

• reliability

Jerome checks on the correctness of the quotations used to support the main point raised in a video.

• accuracy

• bias/perspective

• relevance

• reliability