What is Source criticism

The term was developed in the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century as a method to separate sources that gave well founded knowledge from those that didn’t. Through critical examinations, by means of a set of criteria’s, you examine if the information is true or false, usable or useless in connection with the question you seek answer to. The set of criteria’s has changed and evolved as a result of new media forms and the growth of digitally distributed information.?Information literacy: The concept is usually seen as the generic ability to make well informed choices based on the critical evaluation of a wide range of information sources. There is a substantial commonality in identifying it as an individual generic skill both in science and political texts. Some say the concept includes an ability to find, control and evaluate information sources in order to create personal knowledge and use these wisely. Others argue that literacy cannot be separated from the domain specific socio- technical practices that give rise to them that is, information skills evolve in disciplinary and other contexts, and they are practiced by communities using appropriate technologies.

Unstructured Information as a Socio-Technical Dilemma

Lars-Erik Nilsson (Kristianstad University College, Sweden), Anders Eklöf (Kristianstad University College, Sweden), and Torgny Ottoson (Kristianstad University College, Sweden)