M3 - Information gathering & Opinion formation

What you should know: 

Verifying information

How can information from the internet be verified?

• The 6-W questions
• Who, What, When, Where, How, Why
• Focus first on the factual level: Who, What, When, Where.
• Then how and why (interpretation level)
• Verification of the information
• When did the information come from? 
• Do other sources report on it? (Follow-up research)
• Is the information formulated neutrally or does it reflect an opinion? 
• Checking the website
• On which website was the information published? 
• Who is the operator of the website and what other content can be found on the website? 
• Checking the author 
• Is an author named? 
• What is the author's professional context?

For more information, see: 

• Chapter 1.3 Verification of information from the Internet in the module Information Search & Opinion Formation.
• CUMILA Wiki Leaflet for Exercise c1L08 Verifying Information
• CUMILA Wiki Exercise c1L08 - Verifying Information
• CUMILA Wiki Exercise c1L09 - Recognising advertising

Read the relevant chapters in the module and, if necessary, work out the exercises mentioned above yourself or prepare them for your lessons.