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Evaluating Media Sources: Things to look out for.....CRAAP!
- Currency - is this a recent article, if the article is not recent, the claims may no longer be relevant or have been proven wrong
- Relevance - is the article relevant, some articles may appear to be addressing a current topic but you must read past the headline to determine relevance
- Authority - who is the author, what are the author's credentials, what is the domain of the website (websites can mimic a legitimate source - look carefully), is it blog or a news source. is the website satirical or a hoax
- Accuracy - is this article from an unbiased source and can the content be verified by multiple sources (if it appears in only one publication with no links to sources, it is very likely to be inaccurate especially with images that are shared)
- Purpose - does this article provoke an emotional response because the intent of a valid news sources is to inform (inaccurate news articles are often written for the sole purpose of provoking an emotion such as anger, outrage, fear, happiness, excitement)
Some red flags to be aware of...
- ALL CAPS
- Clickbait in the title
- Fake domains mimicking real websites such as abcnews.com.co
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