How Reliable are your Sources?

1. You have considered the question: "What are the best shows on television?" Now, let's check out what a few sources have to say about this question.

2. Go to Nielsen Media Research site http://www.nielsenmedia.com/. What makes this site a good or reliable site? Discuss this question with a partner.

3. What makes the following site less reliable than the last site? http://www.jmoon.com/favoritetelevisionshows.html Discuss this with a partner.

4. Create a list of characteristics with your partner which could help you determine a good/reliable website. In other words, what are you looking for in a website which makes the site worthy of using in a report, or quoting as an authoratative source?

5. Class list.

6. Let's take the subject of Nutrition. Use Google to search for sources on the subject of Nutrition. Use the list we created to find two good/reliable sources, and two bad/unreliable sources. Compare your findings with a partner.

7. Class discussion.