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Assessing and Evaluating Sources
A Discussion With Mike Palmquist
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General Housekeeping
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Mike Palmquist
Professor of English and Associate Provost at Colorado State University
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Some Starting Points
• This approach is strongly rooted in the conversation metaphor.
• Evaluating sources is a critical writing and research skill.
• My approach has been fairly standard – a rhetorical riff on the
CRAAP Model (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and
Purpose).
• But times have changed.
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Key Question
What role does source-based writing play at a
time when it has become increasingly difficult to
discern distinctions among facts, “alternative
facts,” and “fake news?”
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What Do We Need to Consider As We Assess and Evaluate Sources?
Information, Misinformation, and Disinformation
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What Do We Need to Consider?
Author and Publisher Biases and Agendas
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What Do We Need to Consider?
The Lure of New and Exciting Information
Vosoughi, Roy, and Aral (2018) reported in Science on 126,000
rumors circulated on Twitter over more than a decade: false
information spread far more widely, with up to 100 times more
people seeing tweets about rumors than about fact-based stories.
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What Do We Need to Consider?
The Impact of Information Bubbles • Be Skeptical
• Seek Alternative Perspectives
• Consume News Differently
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An Expanded Approach
Based strongly in the conversation metaphor
Preserves some of the elements of the earlier approach
Four-Part Process
1. Assess Connections to Your Conversation
2. Read Laterally to Assess Credibility and Fit
3. Read Closely to Evaluate the Source
4. Engage in Rhetorical Listening
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1. Assess Connections to Your Conversation
It’s all about relevanceIt should be quick – skimming is the key reading strategy at this
stage.
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Read Laterally to Assess Credibility and Fit
Lateral reading, a concept developed by researchers Sam
Wineburg and Sarah McGrew, is based on what fact checkers do
to assess a claim.
It involves examining how the information, ideas, and argument in
the source fits within the sources addressing an issue.
It also reflects the process of opening related tabs in a browser
window.
Key moves: seeking information about the authors and publishers,
following links, conducting additional searches
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Conduct Initial Search
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Open a Promising
Source
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Look for Info about the
Author
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Search for the Author
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View Info about the
Author
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View Info about the
Author
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View Info about the Publisher
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Search for the Article Title to
View Reactions and
Republications
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Follow Links in the Article
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Follow Links in the Article
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Read Closely to Evaluate the Source
• Relevance
• Evidence
• Author
• Publisher
• Timeliness
• Comprehensiveness
• Genre
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Engage in Rhetorical Listening
Does what you’ve learned from the source
suggest that you might want to change your
position on the issue?
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Engage in Rhetorical Listening
Engage in Conversation Collaboratively – Not
Aggressively
It need not be an agree/disagree situation. • Wayne Booth’s “Listening Rhetoric” in The Rhetoric of
Rhetoric: The Quest for Effective Communication
• Krista Ratcliffe’s “Rhetorical Listening” with its focus on
gender, race, ethnicity, and culture
• Sonja Foss’ “Invitational Rhetoric” (co-developed with my
colleague Cindy Griffin)
• Cheryl Glenn’s “Rhetoric of Silence” with its grounding in
gender and race
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Assessing and Evaluating Sources
1. Assess Connections to Your Conversation
2. Read Laterally to Assess Credibility and Fit
3. Read Closely to Evaluate the Source
4. Engage in Rhetorical Listening
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