the information cycle
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Extended presentation of the information cycle created for Honors 110. Created by J. RinalducciTRANSCRIPT
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The Information Cycle
…how today’s events are tomorrow’s information.
Bichel, Rebecca, Debora Cheney, Sylvia M. DeSantis, and Jiyeon Ryu. “The Information Lifecycle.” Pennsylvania State University. PowerPoint. 2004. 9 August 2010. <http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/infocycle/infocycle.html>.
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The Information Cycle• The Information Cycle is a visual model of how information
is developed and distributed.
• Can be applied to an event, era, social movement,
discovery…
• Will go over how the documentation of events is distributed
& how researchers can find this documentation
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Hurricane KatrinaAugust 29-September 1, 2005
A Story Unfolds…
Using Hurricane Katrina as a example…We can track the development of information through the sources…from television reports & newspapers to scholarly journals & books simply by focusing on a specific event.
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Event Timeline Using this timeframe as our base, we can track the creation of information sources
Same Day Day After
Weeks
Months
Years
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Information Timeline Tracking timeline through information output
Facebook, blogs…Newspapers
Popular Magazines
Scholarly Journals
Books…Documentaries…
TV, Radio
Trade Magazines
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Blogs, Facebook…
Personal website: http://wilddogdigital.com
•Timeframe: Immediate• Images from Facebook, personal website• Access through Google, etc.
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"The only [Katrina victims] we're seeing on television are the scumbags." –"The Glenn Beck Program," Sept. 9, 2005
TV & Radio •Timeframe: As early as the SAME DAY• Images taken from television (including news programs), radio• Access through Google, television, radio (NOTE: took above TV screenshots from Vanderbilt Archive)
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Newspapers •Starting day after event
• Components to look for: Authors (staff writers, syndicated columnists), images, text, etc.
• Access: print copies of newspapers, Google (to an extent), databases like Lexis Nexis (with time delay)
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Popular Magazines
• Time: week/weeks
• Noteworthy: Authors, images, text, subjects covered, etc.
• Access to information:
**Research Database (like Academic Search Complete & Proquest Research Library)
**Google (ONLY to an extent)
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Trade Magazines
•Time frame: 6 months+• Note: Subjects covered, text, images, ads, etc.• Access to information: Research Databases (examples), limited access through Google•ENR: Engineering News Record as example
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• Time frame: 6 months+ • Note: Author, abstract, original research, images, references, etc.• Access to information: Research Databases (interdisciplinary & subject specific)
Scholarly Journals
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Books
20102007
2008
Time frame: 2+ years Note:• Publication timeframe• Topics, content, etc.• Parts of the book: Table of Contents, Index, etc.Access to information: Library Catalog
2010
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Keep this timeline in mind when you…
• Look for background information on class readings (ex:
Rosa Parks & the Bus Boycotts)
• Research your chosen paper topic for this class
• Write research papers for other classes
• Analyze the “information overload” for current events (ex:
Oil Spill off the Gulf Coast)
*This is NOT a strict timeline…Scholarly research can lead to
popular magazine and newspaper articles…It’s ALL
connected!
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Taking this Timeline to the Library Website…
http://library.gmu.edu
CYCLE OF INFORMATION: Putting It
All Together
• From the occurrence of an event,
era, social movement, discovery
to the documentation of the event,
era, etc.
• How the evidence is disseminated
and how researchers (and term
paper writers) can find this
documentation
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1. Go to library homepage
2. Note links for catalog for finding books, etc
3. Note links to research database
4. Check out Ask-a-Librarian (IM, desk, phone, InfoGuides, etc.)
Library Website