Information Timeline

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• ​Discuss where we get our information

• Examine how information changes

• Evaluate recent news

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​Some events make it all the way to scholarly literature and others don't!

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Information is just reported as events happen, so information presented as facts may not be accurate or verified!​

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​Social Media, Internet, TV

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1439763779688882180?s=20&t=rKGJRNplUcnhRBVizLuLfg

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A few hard facts start to emerge, as well as speculations, through updates! We don't often know the entire truth yet! Info can be inaccurate, incomplete, biased and highly emotional.

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​Social Media, Internet, TV

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​https://twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1439976012188692496?s=20&t=O-CdK0DJ4guP3pbgHgdDhQ

https://youtu.be/aYGZHf008AQ

​https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trapped-migrants-collecting-food-try-evade-law-enforcement-us-mexico-border-2021-09-20/

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​More facts are in play now, which can be confirmed by people interviewed, as long with other photographs, videos.

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photos and videos. ​

​Social Media, Internet, TV

​https://www.npr.org/2021/09/21/1039230310/u-s-border-agents-haiti-migrants-horses-photographer-del-rio

​https://www.npr.org/2021/09/21/1039230310/u-s-border-agents-haiti-migrants-horses-photographer-del-rio

​​All of these sources (basic analysis, opinions, editorial bias, analysis of cause) contain some degree of bias, but there are more detailed and factual reporting.

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​Newspapers, Magazines

​https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/dhs-inspector-general-declined-to-investigate-horse-mounted-border-patrol-whipping-accusation

https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/12/09/americans-treated-us-like-animals-then-they-deported-us-to-haiti

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/del-rio-and-the-call-for-migrant-justice

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​​The academic articles contain technical language, analyze statistics and trends, theoretical evaluations, and maybe even bibliographies. Peer review helps ensure accuracy and quality. Can be difficult to understand = published for scholars!

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​Academic articles

​https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C44&as_ylo=2022&q=haiti+and+migrants+texas&btnG=

​https://utep.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,haiti*,AND&query=any,contains,migrants%20OR%20immigrants,AND&query=any,contains,border,AND&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01UTEP_INST:01UTEP&lang=en&mode=advanced&offset=0&facet=searchcreationdate,include,2022%7C,%7C2023,lk&facet=tlevel,include,peer_reviewed,lk

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​After several years, reference books will be published with little emotion, authored by scholars and/or experts and offers a broad coverage of a topic.

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​Books, Documentaries

​https://time.com/6144970/mirard-joseph-haitian-migrants-del-rio-border/

​2021

​2022

​https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2022-Jul/202112280-cbp-closing-report-public-redacted-final.pdf

​https://www.cbsnews.com/news/haiti-immigration-homeland-security-broadens-temporary-protected-status-program-for-haitians/

​* Adapted from https://library.ucmerced.edu/rpt/knowledge_cycle_8

Orman, Le. (2015). Fighting information pollution with decision support systems. Journal of Management Information Systems. 1 (2): 64–71. doi:10.1080/07421222.1984.11517704

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