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I. The Problem
The Internet is a re
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Peter LahiffThe Internet is a relatively new and untested information and communication medium. As such, we need to evaluate, expand, and adapt existing criteria for evaluating content, as well as develop new techniques.
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Evaluating Website Content
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Check the content
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Check the content
for news items, indications that the site is actively maintained, acknowledgements/responses to visitors
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"Current" to provide extremely up-to-date information, as for newspapers' sites
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Accuracy Are sources of information and factual data listed, and available for cross-checking
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academic study
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bibliographic
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The Internet can very well be an unregulated and un-regulatable medium.
As such, it is the visitor to a website who must have both tools and responsibility to discern quality websites.
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- Personal with biographic data, often called "vanity pages"
- Promotional to sell a product
- "Current" to provide extremely up-to-date information, as for newspapers' sites
- Informational to share information on a particular topic or hobby
- Advocacy/persuasive as propaganda to convert you to particular point of view
- Instructional to teach a unit or course of study;
- Registrational to register for courses, information, and/or products, accumulate a database of, and simplify communication with, registrants
- Entertainment!
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V. Five evaluative guidelines from the School of Journalism & Library Science:
Authority Who is responsible for the page?
What are their qualifications and associations, and can you verify them?Check the footer
for name of the web page author, his/her credentials and title, organizational affiliation. Is the information verifiable?Currency Are dates clear when the website was first created and edited?
Check the footer
for when the website was created, and when last edited.Check the content
for news items, indications that the site is actively maintained, acknowledgements/responses to visitorsCoverage What is the focus of the site? Are there clear headings to illustrate an outline of the content? Is the navigation within the website clear?
Check the header
for a clear title and web site descriptionCheck the content
for headings and keywordsCheck the navigation
to reflect content outline within the web siteObjectivity Are biases clearly stated? Are affiliations clear?
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Heather JenkinsExplains what to look for on websites to determine usability and quality.
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The Internet is a ubiquitous medium:
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Currency Are dates clear when the website was first created and edited?
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- Personal with biographic data, often called "vanity pages"
- Promotional to sell a product
- "Current" to provide extremely up-to-date information, as for newspapers' sites
- Informational to share information on a particular topic or hobby
- Advocacy/persuasive as propaganda to convert you to particular point of view
- Instructional to teach a unit or course of study;
- Registrational to register for courses, information, and/or products, accumulate a database of, and simplify communication with, registrants
- Entertainment!
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Roland BirbalGood site
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The Internet is a relatively new and untested information and communication medium. As such, we need to evaluate, expand, and adapt existing criteria for evaluating content, as well as develop new techniques.
The Internet is a ubiquitous medium: aside from questions of affordability, it is very pervasive in both authorship and audience. A web address is now an international information and persuasion medium
The Internet can very well be an unregulated and un-regulatable medium. As such, it is the visitor to a website who must have both tools and responsibility to discern quality websites.
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- Personal with biographic data, often called "vanity pages"
- Promotional to sell a product
- "Current" to provide extremely up-to-date information, as for newspapers' sites
- Informational to share information on a particular topic or hobby
- Advocacy/persuasive as propaganda to convert you to particular point of view
- Instructional to teach a unit or course of study;
- Registrational to register for courses, information, and/or products, accumulate a database of, and simplify communication with, registrants
- Entertainment!
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Margot StorerTechniques and strategies for evaluating web site content.
Study Guides and Strategies website. -
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Michael M GrantTechniques and strategies for evaluating web site content
evaluation online internet web sites research information literacy
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