Media and Internet: Accurate vs Inaccurate

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Media and Internet: Accurate vs Inaccurate This assignment focuses on about medical information on the news and in media. Credible Medical Sources Many sources exist to find information such as TV, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, and medical journals, to name a few. Learning how to evaluate sources of media can be an important skill to make the best decisions for your health care or the health care of your family. How do you know if a source is credible, and what can we do to counteract medical misinformation? This misinformation may be tailored around personal beliefs and bias. Without our awareness, we are constantly preventing, detecting, and fighting health threats every day. Medical advice can come with a cost. What can we do for prevention? Maintaining your health can keep you out of the doctor’s office and save you money. We will take a closer look to have more awareness about our well-being related to our nutrition, body, and environment. Overview We all learn about medical information on the news and in media. At some point, we have all heard about health-related information in the media or looked up symptoms on the Internet; however, how do we know if our search is accurate? How do we know if what we hear is true? Part One: Readings and Analysis For this assignment, you will create a presentation in which you provide a critical analysis of a time in which you were influenced by inaccurate information, or you found accurate information through the media that helped you or someone you know. Your audience can be informal, such as a friend or family member, or formal, such as a coworker or attendees at a conference presentation. Include the following. 1.      Identify a time when the media or the Internet influenced you either with accurate information or inaccurate information. 2.      Explain the following regarding the selected topic. ·       Where did you learn about this topic? For example, did you see this in a movie, book, or other media, or did you search for information yourself on the Internet? ·       What specific symptoms or prevention methods did you identify? 3.      Find one or more additional sources to support how you determined if the information was inaccurate or accurate. 4.      Explain how you determined if you found either inaccurate or accurate information about the topic locating resources and evaluating the credibility of the main source. 5.      Use the Media Misinformation Source Evaluation Form [DOCX] to evaluate the credibility of the article chosen. Part Two: Presentation Create a presentation in which you provide a critical analysis of your findings. 6–12 slide PowerPoint presentation Competencies Measured 1.       Locates one or more additional resources to support your reason for choosing the method(s) of counteracting health information and includes supplemental information as further support. 2.       Evaluates the credibility of the chosen article, using the Media Misinformation Source Evaluation Form and includes supplemental information as further support. 3.       Identifies a media or Internet topic that is accurate or inaccurate and provides supplemental details. 4.       Explains what you learned about the selected topic and provides supplemental detail. 5.       Describes the specific symptoms or prevention methods identified in detail with supporting information. 6.       Explains how you determined if the topic information was accurate or inaccurate and provides supportive information. 7.       Creates an outstanding presentation, demonstrating critical analysis of the findings. 8.       Writes coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics in an outstanding manner.