Indigenous sources are media created and controlled within a specific community, containing information unique to their heritage and experiences, often preserved through oral tradition, art, and language. Libraries are traditional sources of validated information and come in academic, public, school, and special types to serve various groups. While the internet provides easy access to information, reliability depends on authorship, type of website, and risk of plagiarism without citing sources.
Indigenous sources are media created and controlled within a specific community, containing information unique to their heritage and experiences, often preserved through oral tradition, art, and language. Libraries are traditional sources of validated information and come in academic, public, school, and special types to serve various groups. While the internet provides easy access to information, reliability depends on authorship, type of website, and risk of plagiarism without citing sources.
Indigenous sources are media created and controlled within a specific community, containing information unique to their heritage and experiences, often preserved through oral tradition, art, and language. Libraries are traditional sources of validated information and come in academic, public, school, and special types to serve various groups. While the internet provides easy access to information, reliability depends on authorship, type of website, and risk of plagiarism without citing sources.
Indigenous sources are media created and controlled within a specific community, containing information unique to their heritage and experiences, often preserved through oral tradition, art, and language. Libraries are traditional sources of validated information and come in academic, public, school, and special types to serve various groups. While the internet provides easy access to information, reliability depends on authorship, type of website, and risk of plagiarism without citing sources.
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MEDIA AND
INFORMATION RESOURCES INDIGENOUS SOURCES
The media source which is created and
controlled by a community is called an indigenous source. Any kind of community that holds and distributes information within itself, whether geographic, interest or community of identity, can be considered as indigenous source It is safe to assume that this media source is native, local or originally produced in a specific locale or region. Theinformation held by the indigenous sources are unique and is culmination of the heritage and experiences of the specific community. Sinceindigenous sources are mostly oral, they are commonly in the native tongue and are recorded in different mediums such as the traditional handwriting, paintings or through songs, and folk arts. They also means in which culture is preserved, adapted, and handed down. LIBRARY SOURCES
A library is a place or area where personal
collection or the collection of an institution of books and other printed and electronic resources can be found. Itis the traditional source of validated information all over the world. FOUR TYPES OF LIBRARIES 1. ACADEMIC LIBRARY
Ithas a vast collection of academic and
research resources because it caters to student researchers in colleges and universities. This type of library is mostly uses as source of information for researches and other academic papers. 2. PUBLIC LIBRARY
Public libraries are localized libraries that
cater to small communities, towns, districts, and cities. This library is accessible to everyone. There are wide variety of literary texts and academic texts in the collection of this type of library from children’s books to academic collections. 3. SCHOOL LIBRARY
It serves the studentry from kindergarten
to high school. The library contains an array of academic and non academic materials. Textbooks of varied publications are included in the school library including the ones currently used by the teachers. 4. SPECIAL LIBRARY
Hospitals, military compounds, private
corporations, governments, and public and private sectors may also have a library. A special library is a specialized environment that includes a collection pertaining to the specific needs of the sector, industry or field. INTERNET SOURCES
According to Reuters, the internet is the
most popular information resource form. It is preferred choice against traditional sources such as libraries and other medias like television and radio. This is because of easy accessibility. Internet can be accessed anytime and anywhere even through a mobile device. 1. Authorship
Many materials that can be found in the
Internet does not have an author. If authorship is unclear, the information is most likely unreliable even if the administrator of the website is listed, it is still hard to tell whether the information is taken from another source. 2. Type of Website The type of Website is also another thing to consider in ensuring the reliability of information. There are websites which are run by a single administrator, some sponsored by organizations, and some websites are put up by unknown persons or groups. Social media sites are a different thing because it is a public domain wherein members are free to post things that interest them or opinions and ideas that they want to convey. 3. Plagiarism check
Itis very easy to use Internet sources
because in just one click, a search engine will yield various materials. For whatever reasons, many are tempted to copy and paste. This is a dire case of plagiarism because copying a material without citing the source is a false claim of authorship.