Counting your ethos
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The document provides instructions for evaluating the credibility of sources by assigning points to different types of sources. It instructs the reader to make a list of sources, then assigns point values to sources such as books, scholarly articles, newspapers, government documents, depending on factors like author name and publication date being present. The reader is asked to calculate a running subtotal and final total, referred to as an "ethos number", with a higher number indicating more credible sources. The document encourages the reader to post their ethos number to a blog and reflect on how it makes them feel about their credibility.
Counting your ethos
- 1. Evaluating Sources What is your ethos number today?
- 2. Instructions: 1 - Make a list of all of your sources. 2 - Flip through this slideshow. 3 - Give yourself points for each source you have on your list that fits the description on the slide. 4 - The final number is your ethos number. The higher the number, the higher your cred on Wikipedia.
- 3. How many do you have? Books. For each book, give yourself 5 points.
- 4. How many do you have? Scholarly journal articles. For each, give yourself 5 points.
- 5. How many do you have? Books written by a scholar. (You may have to look up the author. Also, scholarly books are usually published in university presses.) For each book, give yourself an additional 5 points.
- 6. How many do you have? Newspapers. For each newspaper that is published in print (even if you read the online version), give yourself 3 points.
- 7. How many do you have? Government document or website. For each government document, give yourself 3 points.
- 8. How many do you have? Magazines. For each magazine article that is published in print (even if you read the online version), give yourself 3 points.
- 9. How many do you have? TV or radio news. You may get information from CNN or NPR or Fox News online. These are TV and radio news sources that also publish content online. For each on your list, give yourself 3 points.
- 10. How many do you have? Authors. For each source that publishes the author's name, give yourself 2 points.
- 11. How many do you have? Ok, count up how many points you have so far. That is your subtotal.
- 12. How many do you have? No Author. For each source that does NOT publish the author's name, subtract 2 points.
- 13. How many do you have? No date. For each source that does NOT publish the date of publication, subtract 2 points.
- 14. How many do you have? Blogs. For each blog, subtract 3 points.
- 15. How many do you have? Personal or organization website. For each personal or organization website (self- publishing sources), subtract 3 points.
- 16. Calculate your total score. Calculate your score. Post the number to your blog. How are you feeling about your ethos?