Be Credible

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bobkowski, Peter, author.

Younger, Karna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Textbooks.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas Peter Bobkowski and Karna Younger [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The primary audience for this book starts with students in Journalism 302: Infomania, a course we teach at the University of Kansas. When they take this class, these students usually are in their second or third semesters in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. They have varied career aspirations. A few of them want to be “traditional” journalists, writing for online news sites, magazines, or newspapers. Some of them want to be broadcast journalists. Many of them want to work in strategic communications, which encompasses public relations, advertising, marketing, and related fields.

Contents:

I. Information Workflow

1. Be Credible

2. Search and Re-Search

3. Search More Effectively

4. Keep Detailed Research Notes

5. Attribute All Sources

II. Evaluating Information

6. Evaluate Information Vigorously

7. Go Lateral With Cues and Evidence

8. Tap Into a Credibility Network

9. Contend With Bias

III. Information Sources

10. Google

11. Wikipedia

12. Public Records

13. Open Records and the Freedom of Information

14. News

15. Nonprofits

16. Scholarly Research

17. Data

18. Market Research

19. Public Companies

20. Archives

21. Interviews: An Introduction

22. Interviews: Conversations with Risk

23. Licensing Published Work

Notes:

Description based on online resource