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Sociology: Moral Panic Research Guide

GOOGLE SEARCH TIPS

Search for exact phrases using quotation marks -

"Moral panic"

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Use AND to narrow search to include both terms - 

"Moral panic" AND media

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Use OR to expand search to include either search term (synonyms) -

media OR press

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Use brackets to combine AND & OR rules -

"Folk devil" AND (media OR press)

EVALUATING SOURCES

You can't trust everything you read on the internet. Evaluate your sources using the TRAAP test.

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T - Timeliness - Was the information published in the last 10 years?

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R - Relevance - Is the information relevant to your topic?

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A - Authority - Does the author have qualifications or experience?

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A - Accuracy - Does the information align with what other sources say?

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P - Purpose - Is the source's purpose to inform, not to sell or convince?

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Select from a list of resource types to generate your APA reference list

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