Media and Information Sources

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Media and Information Sources by Mind Map: Media and Information Sources

1. Internet Sources

1.1. An online source is material you find online. It can be an online newspaper, magazine or television website such as NBC or CNN. Peer-reviewed journals, webpages, forums and blogs are also online sources. Some other names for online sources are electronic sources, web sources and Internet sources.

1.2. Here are five tips to help you as you gather your sources:

1.2.1. Start with a simple search. Search engines, such as Google or Yahoo!, are great places to start when you’re first reading up on the assigned writing topic.

1.2.2. Avoid Wikipedia. Print and digital encyclopedias, such as Encyclopedia Britannica and InfoPlease.com, are excellent sources from which to gather material. But be careful of sites such as Wikipedia that allow multiple users to edit. Wikipedia is a great jumping-off point in terms of figuring out what to search for, but double-check all of the facts by using credible sources of information.

1.2.3. Use online scholarly databases such as InfoTrac, LexisNexis, and EBSCO, which provide access to the latest research in hundreds of areas.

1.2.4. Newspapers and magazines are also rich sources of information about what is happening now. Consider browsing through the New York Times, TIME, and the Wall Street Journal.

1.2.5. Don’t forget the library. Often this rich source of information is overlooked because students think it’s more convenient to look subjects up online. The problem with that is you miss out on accidentally stumbling upon a book or magazine that might just be the perfect source for your research paper.

2. Libraries help connect communities.

3. Libraries

3.1. A library is a curated collection of sources of information and similar resources, selected by experts and made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. It provides physical or digital access to material, and may be a physical location or a virtual space, or both. A library's collection can include books, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, films, maps, prints, documents, microform, CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, e-books, audiobooks, databases, and other formats. Libraries range widely in size up to millions of items.

3.2. Importance of Library:

3.2.1. They offer free educational resources to everyone.

3.2.2. Libraries are safe refuges for the homeless and underserved populations.

3.2.3. They help boost local economies.

3.2.4. They play an important role in English language learning.

3.2.5. Libraries make communities healthier.

3.2.6. They preserve history, and more importantly, truth.

4. Indigenous Media

4.1. Indigenous media may be defined as forms of media expression conceptualized, produced, and circulated by indigenous peoples around the globe as vehicles for communication, including cultural preservation, cultural and artistic expression, political self-determination, and cultural sovereignty.

4.2. What are the uses of indigenous media?

4.2.1. Observing the uses of indigenous media (specially video and the Internet), we can assume that media technologies play a central role in the process of preserving –or re-adapting- traditions, cosmologies and languages, as well as of transmitting them to the future generations.