Evaluate an Article you Found Activity

Directions

• Get into groups of 2-3
• Try to join a another student(s) who is doing a similar topic as yourself
• Choose one article one of the group members found that relates to their topic
• As a group, evaluate that article using PROVEN
• Be prepared to share what you found!

Groups member names: Alma, Arlen , and Heidy

Article title: Does electoral manipulation discourage voter turnout? Evidence from Mexico

• Purpose: How and why the source was created.
• Who is the intended audience?

Politicians and voters

• Relevance: The value of the source for your needs.
• Is the type and content of the source appropriate for your assignment?

Yes

• Objectivity: The reasonableness and completeness of the information.
• Does it present fact or opinion? It presents fact.
• Does the language used seem unbiased and free of emotion? Yes the Author is neutral in his speech.
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• Verifiability: The accuracy and truthfulness of the information.
• Do the authors support their information with factual evidence? Do they cite or link to other sources?

Yes, he shows statistics and cited a lot of sources to prove the information.

• Expertise: The authority of the authors and the source.
• Who created this source and what education and/or professional or personal experience makes them authorities on the topic?

Alberto Simpser created this source is a professor of political science at ITAM in Mexico. He has a PhD in political science and a masters in economics from Stanford.

• Newness: The age of the information.
• Does your topic require current information? Yes and a background information as well.
• How up-to-date is this source and the information within it? Yes it was published in July 3-2012

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Groups member names:Saul, Ruby

Article title: Coloring in the Gaps

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• Purpose: How and why the source was created.
• Who is the intended audience?

People who are unaware of colorism and the who it affects.

• Relevance: The value of the source for your needs.
• Is the type and content of the source appropriate for your assignment?

Yes the article is about colorism

• Objectivity: The reasonableness and completeness of the information.
• Does it present fact or opinion? The article presents facts
• Does the language used seem unbiased and free of emotion?

The language used seems unbiased and factual.

• Verifiability: The accuracy and truthfulness of the information.
• Do the authors support their information with factual evidence? Do they cite or link to other sources?

Yes the author supports their information with factual evidence and cites their sources.

• Expertise: The authority of the authors and the source.
• Who created this source and what education and/or professional or personal experience makes them authorities on the topic?

Sonika R. Data from the Georgetown Law Journal is the author

• Newness: The age of the information.
• Does your topic require current information? No it does not require current information because it’s something that’s still going on. Both past and present sources are very useful.
• How up-to-date is this source and the information within it? The article itself and the sources it uses are pretty recent.

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Groups member names: Carin Pineda Valencia, and Melodie Bladen

Article title: Person injustice and Police butality

• Purpose: How and why the source was created.
• Who is the intended audience? People with color.

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• Relevance: The value of the source for your needs.
• Is the type and content of the source appropriate for your assignment?

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• Objectivity: The reasonableness and completeness of the information.
• Does it present fact or opinion?
• Does the language used seem unbiased and free of emotion?

This present facts and this is more talking about unbiased.

• Verifiability: The accuracy and truthfulness of the information.
• Do the authors support their information with factual evidence? Do they cite or link to other sources?

The author evidence is more cite

• Expertise: The authority of the authors and the source.
• Who created this source and what education and/or professional or personal experience makes them authorities on the topic?

Colorism in the classroom: How skin tone stratifies African American and Latina/Latino who created this was Hunter Margarent.

• Newness: The age of the information.
• Does your topic require current information?
• How up-to-date is this source and the information within it?

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Groups member names:

Article title:

• Purpose: How and why the source was created.
• Who is the intended audience?

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• Relevance: The value of the source for your needs.
• Is the type and content of the source appropriate for your assignment?

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• Objectivity: The reasonableness and completeness of the information.
• Does it present fact or opinion?
• Does the language used seem unbiased and free of emotion?

The language used seems unbiased and factual.

• Verifiability: The accuracy and truthfulness of the information.
• Do the authors support their information with factual evidence? Do they cite or link to other sources?

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• Expertise: The authority of the authors and the source.
• Who created this source and what education and/or professional or personal experience makes them authorities on the topic?

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• Newness: The age of the information.
• Does your topic require current information?
• How up-to-date is this source and the information within it?

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Groups member names: Joseph Netane, Michel Sroujy, Ibrahim Shuman

https://ezproxy.canadacollege.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=wapo.9e191d12-c988-11ed-8a93-087e59521143&site=ehost-live&custid=s8862656

• Purpose: How and why the source was created.
• Who is the intended audience?

The intended audience of our document are people of colour

• Relevance: The value of the source for your needs.
• Is the type and content of the source appropriate for your assignment?

Yes this article is about police brutality.

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• Objectivity: The reasonableness and completeness of the information.
• Does it present fact or opinion?
• Does the language used seem unbiased and free of emotion?

The language used seems unbiased and factual.

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• Verifiability: The accuracy and truthfulness of the information.
• Do the authors support their information with factual evidence? Do they cite or link to other sources?

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• Expertise: The authority of the authors and the source.
• Who created this source and what education and/or professional or personal experience makes them authorities on the topic?

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• Newness: The age of the information.
• Does your topic require current information?
• How up-to-date is this source and the information within it?

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Groups member names:

Article title:

• Purpose: How and why the source was created.
• Who is the intended audience?

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• Relevance: The value of the source for your needs.
• Is the type and content of the source appropriate for your assignment?

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• Objectivity: The reasonableness and completeness of the information.
• Does it present fact or opinion?
• Does the language used seem unbiased and free of emotion?

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• Verifiability: The accuracy and truthfulness of the information.
• Do the authors support their information with factual evidence? Do they cite or link to other sources?

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• Expertise: The authority of the authors and the source.
• Who created this source and what education and/or professional or personal experience makes them authorities on the topic?

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• Newness: The age of the information.
• Does your topic require current information?
• How up-to-date is this source and the information within it?

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Groups member names:

Article title:

• Purpose: How and why the source was created.
• Who is the intended audience?

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• Relevance: The value of the source for your needs.
• Is the type and content of the source appropriate for your assignment?

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• Objectivity: The reasonableness and completeness of the information.
• Does it present fact or opinion?
• Does the language used seem unbiased and free of emotion?

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• Verifiability: The accuracy and truthfulness of the information.
• Do the authors support their information with factual evidence? Do they cite or link to other sources?

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• Expertise: The authority of the authors and the source.
• Who created this source and what education and/or professional or personal experience makes them authorities on the topic?

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• Newness: The age of the information.
• Does your topic require current information?
• How up-to-date is this source and the information within it?

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Groups member names:

Article title:

• Purpose: How and why the source was created.
• Who is the intended audience?

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• Relevance: The value of the source for your needs.
• Is the type and content of the source appropriate for your assignment?

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• Objectivity: The reasonableness and completeness of the information.
• Does it present fact or opinion?
• Does the language used seem unbiased and free of emotion?

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• Verifiability: The accuracy and truthfulness of the information.
• Do the authors support their information with factual evidence? Do they cite or link to other sources?

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• Expertise: The authority of the authors and the source.
• Who created this source and what education and/or professional or personal experience makes them authorities on the topic?

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• Newness: The age of the information.
• Does your topic require current information?
• How up-to-date is this source and the information within it?

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Groups member names:

Article title:

• Purpose: How and why the source was created.
• Who is the intended audience?

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• Relevance: The value of the source for your needs.
• Is the type and content of the source appropriate for your assignment?

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• Objectivity: The reasonableness and completeness of the information.
• Does it present fact or opinion?
• Does the language used seem unbiased and free of emotion?

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• Verifiability: The accuracy and truthfulness of the information.
• Do the authors support their information with factual evidence? Do they cite or link to other sources?

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• Expertise: The authority of the authors and the source.
• Who created this source and what education and/or professional or personal experience makes them authorities on the topic?

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• Newness: The age of the information.
• Does your topic require current information?
• How up-to-date is this source and the information within it?

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