Questions: Interactive Media
and Game Arts (Reliable and Unreliable Texts)
These
are key questions you need to consider when determining if a text is reliable
or not.
·
Who has written the text?
·
What is the source of the text?
·
Who is the information written for
(audience)?
·
Is the author supporting his/her points?
·
Does the author focus too heavily on opinions?
·
How well has the text been written?
1)
Who
has written each text?
Unknown and liz ford
2)
What
is the source of each text?
Email and online article
3)
Explain
who would be the target audience for each text.
People that will donate money to a charity or
people affect5ed by the disaster in japan
4)
Does
the author support his/her points? If
so, how is this achieved?
I think that the support this point they do
it by using statistics to show how bad the event was
5)
To
what extent does each text focus on opinions and facts?
The
second text uses facts heavily whereas the guardian uses opinions more
frequently
6)
How
well has the text been written?
The text is written quite formally as they
are asking for money
For
questions 7-8, give 3-4 examples from the text to support what you say.
7)
Which
text is more reliable (believable) and why?
The guardian is more reliable as a text because
it is telling you about where the donations are trusted so It is trying to make
you aware of what text is trustable
8)
Which
text is less reliable and why?
The less reliable text
is the email because it doesn’t give the details on who sent the email , the
statistics are over exaggerated , and it persuades you to open a moneybrooker
account
Extension Questions:
9)
How
would you improve the less reliable text?
10)
To
what extent has each author used formatting features within the text?
