Evaluation of Media Sources

Evaluation of Media Sources

Most of the sources that I acquired had been opinions or pictures of healthy meals. However, many people retweeted articles directly associated with nutrition lunch controversies.

In the USDA's information reposted by Shawn Telford, he states, "Plate waste happens with lunches brought from home and bought from school. Let's improve it: http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/cnd/Infographic-food-waste.pdf" The link is a picture from the USDA.

• Credibility - Can you corroborate who the person who posted the social media message is. Can you Google them? Do they belong to an organization or institution that bestows credibility on them (for example, a university, governmental organization, non-profit, company, etc.)?
• Shawn Telford is part of the Children/Youth Outreach Manager at Association of Arizona Food Banks. She is working to improve school meal participation.
• Location - Are they in the place they are tweeting or posting about? Are they directly involved with any of the events relevant to your controversy?
• No, she is in Arizona. However, this controversy is taking place all over America so she technically could be in the same place.
• She is directly involved with events in my controversy because she is trying to improve the school meals.
• Network - Who is in their network and who follows them? Do other individuals with institutional credibility associate with this person on social media?
• Many health fanatics, Arizona food banks, Kids health, and medical pages roller her.
• Terry is a registered dietitian and can offer educated insight.
• Content - Can the information they’re relying on in their tweet or post be corroborated from other sources?
• Yes, it can be sourced to the USDA which is credible because it is the control house of food regulations in the country.
• Contextual updates - Do they usually post or tweet on this topic? If so, what did past or updated posts say? Do they fill in more details?
• Yes, she is in a program with food banks. She posted about food community eligibility. They talk about students not being able to learn when hungry, and joining a food bank is in the best interest for the kids. She is basically promoting her company that she works for. It could be seen as bettering the controversy because it is unhealthy for them not to eat, but it doesn't directly give more information about it.
• Age - What is the age of the account in question? Be wary of recently created accounts.
• She seems to have created her account at least a year ago, which is not to be wary about because many adults only recently have become into twitter
• Reliability - Is the source of information reliable?
• Yes, the source of the information is reliable because it is from the USDA and the retweeter also is part of an organization in Arizona.

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USDA Nutrition's Post

• Credibility - Can you corroborate who the person who posted the social media message is. Can you Google them? Do they belong to an organization or institution that bestows credibility on them (for example, a university, governmental organization, non-profit, company, etc.)?
• The USDA Food and Nutrition Service is working tend hunger and improve nutrition in America. They are a government organization.
• Location - Are they in the place they are tweeting or posting about? Are they directly involved with any of the events relevant to your controversy?
• They are located and are directly involved in my controversy because they control food in the US.
• Network - Who is in their network and who follows them? Do other individuals with institutional credibility associate with this person on social media?
• There are many people following them that are concerned about their health. There are universities, companies, and professionals that follow them.
• Content - Can the information they’re relying on in their tweet or post be corroborated from other sources?
• Yes, it can be sourced to the USDA which is credible because it is the control house of food regulations in the country.
• Contextual updates - Do they usually post or tweet on this topic? If so, what did past or updated posts say? Do they fill in more details?
• Yes, they are the main source of food and nutrition in the US. They post a lot about food. Their last post was about eating healthy and staying active being a big part of our lives. They fill in more details about everything involved with nutrition.
• Age - What is the age of the account in question? Be wary of recently created accounts.
• The account is about 5 years old.
• Reliability - Is the source of information reliable?
• Yes, the source of the information is reliable because it is from the USDA and the USDA is a certified food and nutrition provider.