While doing his research, Naoise came across an op-ed in a major newspaper that strongly supported his speech, which intended to argue that vaccines cause autism
How would you advise Naoise on the use of this source? Your ability to distinguish the type of source and its quality shows that you have developed what skill?
What will be an ideal response?
The best answers will:
1. advise Naoise that this is likely a poor choice of research material, on the grounds that:
• although it comes from a major newspaper, opinion-editorials are not held to the same fact-based standards as articles within the main newspaper.
• op-eds are written by citizens, who are more than likely not journalists.
• in this case, the op-ed author's argument has no "Validity/Accuracy," as no credible research findings have found any links between vaccination and autism spectrum disorders.
2. explain that he is looking in the right types of sources but that he should "Evaluate Information" more carefully for "Point of View (Bias)."
3. identify their ability to provide this advice as "information literacy."
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