MAP Context™ · Module 04
Source Context Reports
Citation depth, source attribution quality, primary document accessibility, and reference chain signals — surfaced as a structured report for any analyzed piece.
What Source Context Reports cover
Source identification
Whether named sources are fully identified (name + role), partially identified (role only), or anonymous — and how each type of anonymity is characterized within the piece.
Primary source accessibility
Whether cited government reports, court documents, research studies, or official statements are linked, described but not linked, or referenced without a verifiable trail.
Citation depth
The ratio of primary sources (original documents, direct accounts) to secondary sources (summaries, reporting on reporting) within the analyzed piece.
Link health
Whether external links resolve to the claimed source, redirect elsewhere, or return errors — checked at time of MAP processing.
Source diversity
Whether sources represent a range of perspectives relevant to the subject, or whether sourcing is concentrated within a single institution, organization, or viewpoint.
Important distinctions
Source Context Reports describe the structure of sourcing — not the accuracy of what sources say. A piece with strong primary sourcing may still contain errors. A piece with heavy anonymous sourcing may be accurate. MAP surfaces sourcing structure as a transparency signal, not a credibility score.
MAP does not assess whether quoted sources are telling the truth, whether documents are authentic, or whether cited statistics are accurately calculated. Those assessments require editorial judgment and domain expertise that MAP does not claim to provide through automated analysis.