Chapter 5 Review and Tutorial

     Chapter five of the Bedford Researcher concerns how legitimate sources may be for you research paper, or their credibility in general. Titled “Evaluating Sources”, the several pages of this relatively short chapter makes you think about the context and necessity of the sources you've obtained and their usefulness as an arguing point to your topic. The first subject, “What factors should I use to evaluate a source,” runs down a list of essential subjects for consideration to rank the sources to their merits: relevance, evidence, author, publisher, timeliness, comprehensiveness, and genre. Relevance determines the helpfulness of a source’s content and how it relates to your research question and thesis, Evidence provides substantial facts behind the statements inside your source that are reliable, the Author also needs to be scrutinized for his affiliations and biases, so does the Publisher for its connections and contracts, Timeliness factors as another relevant factor, Comprehensiveness decides if a subject is well written or not, and the Genre spotlights the delivery of your source. Of course, sources will be evaluated differently on their format alone, whether it’d be webpage, blog, social networking sites, forums, wikis, or whatever. Even at the deepest level, the sources to your source should be evaluated for their credibility and usefulness as well.
     I can use this chapter to decide what sources I've collected prove to be useful quotes and statements for my research paper—or if they’re garbage and in need for replacement.

     Coyle, Jake. "MPAA Defends Ratings System: Parents Are Happy." The Huffington Post. 13 Nov.      2013. Web. 21 Jan. 2015. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/13/mpaa-ratings-                          system_n_4269665.html>.
 1.) “.com”, Buisness.
 2.) Title: “MPAA Defends Ratings System: Parents Are Happy”. Producer and website: “The  Huffington Post”. A News site reporting about a statement made by the MPAA.
 3.) Jake Coyle, part of the Associated Press, frequently reviews movies and the happenings of  Hollywood.
 4.) The article was uploaded in November 13, 2013.
 5.) Chock full of opinion and reference to other events and concerns of its time, still ours in a way,  it lacks outside citation and is leads towards the end goal of changing the MPAA’s standards on  violence. It uses a recent movie rating to carry his ideals and thoughts towards the rating system for a  two page length opinion piece.
 6.) When looking at The Huffington Post, Jake isn't a part of the staff here. The article was reposted  from the Associated Press.