reliability.... (1 Viewer)

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though i been lookin through all threads about reliability...
i think i am still messed with the reliability question..

letz say...we are analysing kitcherner's britons want u propaganda poster...

this source is reliable in understanding british use of propaganda
and what is it unrelable in????

im still absolutelyabsolutely confused...can any1 help???

thnx for ur support

 

[MiuMiu]

Reliability: What are the chances of it being a correct representation of what it is portraying (keeping in mind its purpose)

Usefulness: to what extent is it going to help with your historical investigation? (i.e. an account of a battle on the western front may be reliable, but will not be useful if you are studying use of propaganda at home)

 

[s2ophie]

With reliability you have to look at when it was made, what type of text it is, what is its purpose.

For example - a memoir can be an unreliable source because the person who wrote it is looking back n retrospective. They might be bitter, they might romanticise an event or they might be trying to cover something.

i hope that helps!

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Basically what's been said above.

Like for say a propaganda poster, you can say that it's unreliable in one sense (Presenting an unrealistic depiction of battle), but it's reliable and useful for a historian studying propaganda of that period, as a characteristic example.

Context is quite important.

 

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ahhh....thank u guys all!!
it really helped i do appreciate