JOUR 190 - Beyond Google and Wikipedia: Finding and Evaluating Information Sources in the Digital Age

Credits: 1

Prerequisite: JOUR 101. An introduction to information sources that academic researchers, journalists, public relations and advertising professionals rely on increasingly in the digital age to conduct scholarly research, report and write news stories, and to find, analyze and present research on trends in mass communications. Students learn how to evaluate sources of information for credibility and quality, while they strengthen their basic research skills to go beyond Google and dig below the surface of today’s high-tech world.