LANG 1407 - Academic English for Engineering Studies

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• Published information is not necessarily trustworthy or useful.
• Always evaluate the credibility & suitability of information sources.
• In addition to RADAR, there are also other evaluation frameworks:

Cross-check and Fact Check

• Can you find the information, theories etc. backed up by other information sources (newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals)
• Cross-check statistics, news reports, etc.
• Beware of fake news circulating on social media, explore these fact-check sites
  • AFP Fact Check by The Agence France-Presse
  • AP Fact Check by The Associated Press
  • FactCheck.org® A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center
  • Google Fact Check Explorer
  • HKBU Fact Check by The Hong Kong Baptist University School of Communication

Lateral Reading (3 min 33 sec) from the University of Louisville Library