Where did you or will you first look to find the information you need/needed—a popular or academic source? Why?

You can make your own up, it doesn’t matter to me what story you say as long as it goes with the guidelines.

1) Sometimes information that originates in a news media source later feeds into an academic source, such as when a terrorist attack is first reported on TV and Internet news, and then later the event becomes one of many that inform a larger discussion in an academic article on the subject of terrorist motives and counterterrorism strategy.

Other times, information that is originally published in an academic source later feeds into the popular media, such as when researchers report promising findings in a medical journal article from a clinical study that looked into a new treatment for a deadly disease, and then later the findings in the article are reported on the nightly television network or cable news.

Think about a recent or upcoming information need of your own where you first consulted or will consult either a popular or a scholarly source. In a discussion post, answer the following questions:

What was your information need?

Where do you think the information for your topic originated—as a popular source, such as a magazine, newspaper, or news program, or as a scholarly source, such as an academic journal or book?

Where did you or will you first look to find the information you need/needed—a popular or academic source? Why?

If your source was or will be a popular source, do you think it will cross over to inform an academic source? If your source was an academic source, do you think it will cross over to inform a popular news story? Why or why not?