Italie, Leanne. “What Did Narcissus Say to Instagram? Selfie Time!” The Big Story. Associated
Press, 25 June 2013, https://www.heraldextra.com/news/national/what-did-narcissus-sayto-instagram-selfie-time/article_84f0299d-185a-5014-a589d673ef98da65.html#:~:text=%22I%20try%20not%20to%20go%20crazy.%22. Accessed
15 Apr. 2014.
Currency 9
a. The information was published on November 20, 2013.
b. Yes, it was updated on March 9, 2014.
c. For the sake of the paper, no because the essay was written in 2014.
d. There are no links.
Relevance 9
a. Yes, the topic is about Instagram, and this article is about selfies, which are part of
Instagram.
b. The intended audience is anyone who uses social media.
c. Yes, it gives examples of how selfies are used in today’s world by including celebrities,
and it goes into detail about why people do it.
d. No.
e. Since the topic is about social media, this is not a scholarly source, but I think it would be
fine to use in this research paper.
Authority 8
a.
The author is Leanne Italie.
b.
Right next to her name it says “The associated press,” so I think that is her credentials.
c.
The associated press.
d.
She is an associated press journalist, which is what makes her qualified to write on this
topic.
e.
Yes, there are links to social media accounts where you can get a hold of the author.
f.
Yes, it gives the website and article name.
Accuracy 9
a. The information comes from the author and what she gets from social media.
b. There is evidence, because there are photographs included.
c. It has not been reviewed or referred to.
d. Yes.
e. Yes.
f. Yes, the URL gives the article name.
Purpose 9
a. The purpose of the information is to let readers know how little snippets of one’s life is
becoming popular by using social media.
b. Yes, their intention is to show how much social media has impacted society as people
share their lives with the world.
c. The information is more fact because there is evidence and it uses actual numbers and
dates to give clear information.
d. Yes, this article is not trying to prove anything, it rather is informative.
e. The bias has to do with pop culture as it gives a brief history of how social media has
expanded the world.
Total=44 This is an excellent source to use because it meets most of the criteria on the CRAAP
test. There were a few little things that would mislead someone to trust this source; however, the
good outweighed the bad, and the essay that was written did not necessarily require scholarly
sources.
Honigman, Brian. “The 100 most popular Hashtags on Instagram.” HuffPost Tech. Huffington
Post, 15 January 2013, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-100-most-popularhash_b_2463195. Accessed 15 Apr. 2014.
Currency 7
a. This was posted on January 15, 2013.
b. It was updated on May 24, 2017.
c. Because this has to do with hashtags, I would say this is out of date as of today. Anything
social media related needs to be up to date for a source use because things are constantly
changing in the media as it is a huge part of our world today.
d. There are no links.
Relevance 5
a. Yes, the topic of this paper is about Instagram, and this source is about the hashtags that
have been popular on Instagram.
b. The intended audience is anyone new or active on the Instagram app.
c. This source is not academic and is just about someone’s preference of how to use
hashtags, but considering the topic of the research paper, I would say the information this
source gives can work well.
d. No.
e. For me personally, I would not use this in my research paper. I would use something
more scholarly; however, I do see why this worked for the other person’s paper because
their topic is non scholarly related.
Authority 8
a. Brian Honigman was the author.
b. The job in which he does is what makes him affiliated, which I will say in the next
question.
c. He is the Content Marketing Consultant and CEO of Honigman Media
d. The publisher is BuzzFeed, Inc. There is no email address.
e. The URL doesn’t say anything about the author, but it does give the title of the article, so
I would say yes.
Accuracy 3
a. As far as I can tell, all of the information comes from Instagram during the year it was
published.
b. There isn’t really evidence to prove that this information is accurate, especially because
this is just someone’s opinion. The only thing close to evidence is that it gives you the
amount of photos there are with each hashtag, but that chances in a matter of seconds.
c. No.
d. I do not see how you can, because there is no factual evidence in this article. It isn’t even
a scholarly article this is just someone’s opinion on how you should use Instagram.
e. Despite the information this article gives, the author did a pretty good job at staying
“professional.” Meaning, that they did not engage any feelings, and this was biased and
fee of emotion.
f. I say no errors in the article, so congratulations to them I guess.
Purpose 6
a. The purpose of the information is to give Instagram users ideas on how to properly use
hashtags and photos on their accounts.
b. Yes, they provide examples and give you reasons why when they state an opinion.
c. I would say this is an opinion on how to use Instagram and also propaganda for Instagram
because this is something new users would most likely look at.
d. I would say yes, because even though it is giving an opinion on how to use Instagram, it
makes it clear that they are just recommendations rather than pure judgement and shame
for not doing those things.
e. There are both cultural and personal biases as the author is giving his opinion on
something in pop culture.
Total= 29 unacceptable. This total number means unacceptable because when adding all
of the points up, there were too many low numbers, meaning that this article did not show
good signs in enough areas. Therefore, this source should not be used.