WorksheetsTypes of source
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the most traditional extemp sources
newspapers and magazines
books
Broadcast Media
Social Media
Think tanks are organizations dedicated to
studying and analyzing certain subjects.
True
False
Forms of social media include
Snapchat
Youtube
Social media can be a good source
True
False
Example of a scholarly journals include
law journal articles
Journal of the American Medical
Association
New York Times
Harvard Law Review
Vouge
Which of these sources provide in depth info on the topic
*Hint there is Two answers
Books
Scholarly Journals
Newspapers and Magazines
Social Media
Infotainment News Sources
How many types of sources should you have
1
a variety
2
As little as possible
Think Tanks can focused on
broad in their scope, analyzing many different kinds of issues,
narrower set of topics such as immigration policy
Think Tanks are good sources because they tend to be unbiased
True
False
The word Infotainment comes from
Latin meaning Talk
Greek meaning news
Homer Simpson after he referred to a cable news program as infotainment
Peter Griffin after he called an cable man infotainment
Newspapers and magazines have suffered in recent years because of
phones
lack of trees
politics
lack of interest
What source are you most likely to use
Newspapers and Magazines
Scholarly Journals/ Books
Social Media
Infotainment News Sources
Broadcast Media
