Contemporary Issues U1
words that connect search terms (keywords) to create a logical phrase that a database can understand.
What are Boolean operators
Current event that is relevant to people, society, awareness, bring us together or be divisive
What are contemporary issues
Pages must: Meet standards of notability, unbiased, verifiable claims
What are the content policies on wikipedia
Resisting the urge to immediately click on the first search result
What is click restraint
Evidence source context audience purpose execution
What is the escape method
Exagerration, satire, visuals, text, irony, symbols
What strategies do cartoonists use
The ability to analyze what we see in the media helps us to develop our own opinions, which we use to make our own, informed decisions.
Why do we study political cartoons
Unreliable fast articles for engagement
Why is it important to evaluate claims made on social media
Helps evaluate reliability of information
Why is the escape method good to use
Demographics
Data relating to the population and specific groups within it (age, race, gender, etc)
Political cartoons
Editorial cartoon, Designed to convey a social or political message
Important/ influential to society, current, subject matter being talked about by various groups in society
For something to be a contemporary issues it must be:
Wikipedia editors and administrators enforce the policies
How are Wikipedia's policies enforced
Artists use techniques to persuade the viewer to agree with their point of view
How are political cartoons used to influence our opinions
create a complex search that could include multiple concepts and alternative keywords.
How do Boolean operators help us
Methodology
How the poll was completed (cellphone, in person, internet etc)
Timeliness, proximity, conflict and controversy, human interest and relevance (TPCCHR)
Newsworthy vocab
Sample size
Part of a population chosen for a survey
Engagement over truthfulness
Social media promotes ____ over ___
Wikipedia
2001, freely accessible encyclopedia, allows users to add modify and correct existing info
Generalization
general or overall statement that is not time, person, or place specific
Confidence level
if you repeated your survey would you get the same results?
Fact
information that is known or proven to be true and accurate
Secondary source
information was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions
Contemporary history
no agreed upon definition, time between 1945 and present day (the topics that need to be explained in recent history vary from society to society)
Contemporary
occurring in the present; living or occurring at the same time
Bias
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group when compared to another (usually unfair)
Conclusions
statement made to describe data or information after careful study
Margin error
statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in the results of a survey
contemporary world
the circumstances and ideas of present times
Primary source
the origin of information is an original account of happenings that was written or made by the person who experienced them
Question wording
the way in which survey questions are phrased, which influences how respondents answer them
Issue
to subjects, themes, or problems that affect the society causes disagreements and debates, and affects people's lives in society
Polls
type of survey or inquiry designed to measure the public's views regarding a particular topic or series of topics.
Opinion
view or judgement formed about something; not based on fact; an idea, supposition, or impression you get or have
Inferences
a conclusion or opinion that is formed based on fact and evidence
Randomization
a process of randomly assigning subjects to different treatment groups
Sampling error
error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole population
