Be careful where you get your information from…

http://okgagnon.com/2011/12/20/5-tips-for-building-credibility/

The internet is known as the holy place where all of ones questions can be anwsered or ones statement can be backed up. However, that isn’t always the case. Nowadays, people will believe anything from any source because, well… it’s the internet! The truth is you can’t just get your information from anywhere. According to Chapter 8 of Practical Argument: A Text and Anthology, when wanting to use print sources to back up ones opinion or provide additional information that source must be accurate, credible, objective, current, and comprehensive. Without those five criteria a source isn’t very much believable.

For example, If you read a blog that said that Lil Wayne was dead would you believe it? Or got word from some unheard of news source that the zombie apocalypse is beginning… would you believe that to? Honestly, people just post whatever they want for entertainment purposes or just because they think there very educated on a topic when in reality, they are not credible or accurate. Most information from sources can be filled with subjective and uncomprehensive statements. There are times though that unreliable sources can be credible but it’s up to us to evaluate those sources and figure what is true and what isn’t.

I guess not everyone should be judged for what they post or what they post about. As far as the issue discussed on pages 219-220 about social-networking sites being looked at for employement; i don’t think that’s right. When we evaluate people, it makes more sense to make our opinions about them on the right aspects of their life. Seeing if someone is well equipped for a job based on their facebook doesn’t seem fair to me. Someone’s personal life should be seperate from their job. Also, why judge someone through a networking site? Seriously though, not everything seen is true or serious that’s why it helps to actually know that personin reality. At the same time, some people get too crazy and post ANYTHING on their facebook; those people need to chill out.

The bottom line is that not all sources are credible in every situation. One should look up multiple sources and use their evaluating skills to see if that source is right to use. The internet is a crazy yet good place to get information, but remember to be carerful where you get your information from.

 

 

Intellectual and Serious Comics?… What?

When we hear the words “comic book” or “graphic novel” we picture the ultimate superhero comic books that everyone knows about. But what about the term “graphic narrative”? Not a very common phrase that’s heard of, but what comes to mind? It’s actually just like a graphic novel but explores “a range of types of narrative work in comics”(767). In Hillary Chute and Marianne DeKoven’s “Introduction: Graphic Narrative” they delve deeper into the more “sophisticated”(767) content of graphic novels and the intellectual world in which most people don’t see and appreciate from those comics.

In todays day and age, if you put a picture with anything it’ll definitley capture someones attention, especially if it’s something controversial. The old way of thinking about graphic narratives was mostly through action hero comic books, but now there’s more to offer, especially when it comes to the content of a comic. It’s weird thinking that a comic book can be more than about saving the day, fighting crime, or using magical powers; it’s about pushing the envelope as far as topics can go and discussing issues that aren’t so fictional with images that aren’t always pleasant or cool. If i were to ask anyone about graphic novels such as the one’s listed in Chute and DeKovens article would anyone have any clue as to what i’m talking about? …Me neither, and that’s because the articles that are mentioned focus more on topics of “serious academic inquiry” (768) that really make the reader think, which is something that’s pretty much unheard of in the comic book world we think of.

I had no clue about one of the more prominent graphic narratives Maus until i learned we would be reading it in class. I also had no idea that it was a comic book-like novel that talks about Aushwitz. It’s a “Serious comic” (770) that really changes the image of what we think a comic book can be. In all honesty, if there’s pictures with it, then i’ll read it no matter what the content, even if it’s a graphic narrative that will make me think. Most peoples perceptions about a graphic novel are based on the content, so when it comes to such comics like Maus, would more people read it? Will people understand what this kind of literarature is all about? It’s all about keeping an open mind and broadening our imagination as far as our typical view of what comics really are.

http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/maus/events.htm