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Comparing kinds of sources
Take a look at the following sources:
Duncombe, Constance. 2016. "Representation, Recognition and Foreign Policy in the Iran–US Relationship."
European Journal of International Relations
22 (3): 622-645.
Barak, Ehud, Solcyre Burga, Leslie Dickstein, Anisha Kohli, and Julia Zorthian. 2022. “Iran Is on the Cusp of a Bomb.” TIME Magazine, August 8, 2022.
Hamid, Shadi. 2015. “Why I’m Torn about the Iran Deal: Was It Worth It?” Brookings (blog). July 15, 2015. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2015/07/15/why-im-torn-about-the-iran-deal-was-it-worth-it/.
Parsi, Trita. 2012.
A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran
. New Haven: Yale University Press
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Evaluate on:
Who wrote the source? What can you find out about their credentials?
What is the publication or publisher that published this article? Who do you think is its intended audience? Who might read it and why?
What kinds of documentation/citation of evidence appear in the source?
What kinds of images appear in the source?
Discussion
Which fits the category of "academic source"?
Any of these sources could have a use. In what ways is the source you looked at useful? Why would you read one or the other?
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