Double Entry Journal #7

QUOTE: "Researchers who directed several hundred college students to three bogus Web sites about fictitious nutritional supplements found that half of the students lacked the skills to identify the trustworthiness of the information, yet most thought they had strong research skills."

RESPONSE: I found this part of the article to be interesting and am not really surprised by it. I remember in highschool in one of my English classes, we did a class activity to see who could figure out what was a reliable source and what wasnt; a lot of us failed. A lot of times,students see something that catches their attention, and don't really look into it to see if it's the truth or not. Like in this article, the "fictitious nutritional supplement" was presented as something ineresting to the students, so whichever website had more appealing facts, caught their attention more. (Whether it was right or wrong information).

RELATED SOURCE:

         This video is basically about the same thing. False advertising to people to get them to believe what you are selling is the truth. And a lot of times, people can't tell the difference, just like in the article.


CITATION: Video:
- tulsadighum.Fast Food, False Advertising. (2011).  Retrieved from <http://youtu.be/sB_iVTuRd7Q>

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David, J. L.. "Teaching media literacy`." Ascd. N.p., 2009. Web. 4 Mar 2012. <http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.asp&xgt;.

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