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• Sources of Information

  • Indigenous Media
  • Library
  • Internet
• Indigenous Media


  Variety of media expression conceptualized, produced, and circulated by indigenous people with information appropriate to their culture
• Indigenous Knowledge


  Unique knowledge from a specific culture or society
• Indigenous Communication


  Transmission of information through local channels or forms by which the culture is preserved, handed down and adapted
• Characteristics of Indigenous Media

  • Oral tradition of communication
  • Store information in memories
  • Information exchange is face-to-face
  • Information is contained within the border of the community
• Forms of Indigenous Media

  • Folk or traditional media
  • Gatherings and social organizations
  • Direct observation
  • Records (written, carved, oral)
  • Oral instruction
• Library


  A place where artistic, literary, musical and reference materials such as manuscripts, books, and films are kept for use and not for sale
• Types of Libraries

  • Academic Library
  • Public Library
  • School Library
  • Special Library
• Internet


  A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols
• Evaluation criteria for online resources

  • Currency
  • Relevance
  • Authority
  • Accuracy
  • Purpose
• Skills in Determining the Reliability of Information

  • Check the author
  • Check the Date of Publication
  • Check for citations
  • Check the domain or owner of the site/page
• Language (in media)


  Technical and symbolic ingredients or codes and conventions that media and information professionals may select and use in an effort to communicate ideas, information and knowledge
• Media language


  Codes, conventions, formats, symbols and narrative structure that indicate the meaning of media messages to an audience
• Messages


  Information sent from a source to a receiver
• Types of media codes

  • Symbolic codes
  • Technical codes
  • Written codes
• Symbolic Code


  Social in nature, exist beyond the media product themselves but can be interpreted in similar ways in the everyday life of the viewer
• Elements of Symbolic Code

  • Setting
  • Mise en scene
  • Acting
  • Color
• Technical Codes


  Ways in which equipment is used to tell a story in a media text like camera techniques, framing, lighting, etc.
• Elements of Technical Codes

  • Camerawork
  • Lighting
  • Audio
• Written Codes


  Formal written language used in a media product, including language style and textual layout
• Currency

  timeliness of information
• Relevance

  significance of the information that you need
• authority

  source of information you need
• Accuracy

  closeness of the report to the actual data
• purpose

  reason why it is created
• academic lib

  colleges and universities
• public lib

  cities and towns
• school library

  kindergarten to gr 12
• special library

  specialized environment hospitals, private businesses
• language

  technical and symbolic ingredients
• media language

  codes, conventions, formats, symbols, and narrative structure
• setting place for narrative
• mise en scene "everything within a frame"
• acting how an actor portrays a character
• color used to connect connotation to specific scenes, characters, or objects
• camerawork how the camera is handled, positioned and moved
• lighting manipulation of natural or artifical light
• audio expressive or naturalistic use of sound