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E VA LU AT I O N O F W E BS I T E S
WEBSITE CRITERIA
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SITE SUFFIX
• Government site?• www.whitehouse.gov www.state.gov
• Organizational?• http://www.peta.org/
www.occupywallst.org
• A dotcom site?• www.disney.com www.microsoft.com
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URL SUFFIX AND WEBSITE PURPOSE
• What does the URL says about the purpose of the web site?
• .edu = academic, colleges/universities:
Examples: www.ucla.edu www.harvard.edu www.csulb.edu www.calstate.edu
• .gov = U.S. government produced:
Examples: www.whitehouse.gov www.ca.gov www.usda.gov www.ed.gov
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Org sites are usually organizational sites for charities, non-profit organizations and sometimes political advocacy groups:
• .org = organization, usually charitable, religious or a lobbying group:
Examples: www.peta.org www.occupywallst.org
http://englishfirst.org/d/ http://www.rootsofchange.org/
• .com = business/marketing, e-commerce•
Other URLs• .mil = military site .net = network
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WEBSITE CRITERIA
• Objectivity• Advocacy [.org and organizational sites]• Emotional appeals
• Factual/Neutral• Government • educational
• Authority• Authorship• Sponsor/organization
• Appropriateness/revelance• Is the website relevant to your topic
• Currency• Updated regularly• Presents updated perspective on topic
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OBJECTIVITY?
Animal Rights www.peta.org
• Organizations present specific perspectives on issues they represent
• Language Use [emotional versus factual]
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EMOTIONAL APPEAL
• Advocacy sites often have emotional appeal through weighted language
Examples of emotional appeal and weighted language from www.peta.org
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ADVOCACY WITHOUT STRONG EMOTIONAL APPEAL
Or, sometimes they do not! You must still evaluate the information on advocacy websites carefully
www.englishfirst.org
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BIASED PERSPECTIVE [EVEN IF YOU AGREE WITH CAUSE]
www.occupywallstr.org
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GOVERNMENT SITE [WILL PROBABLY CONTAINS STATISTICS AND FACTS]
USDA federal government website www.usda.gov
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HOW TO FIND OUT ABOUT A WEBSITE
Go to About Us. Also try Home page
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AUTHORITY [UNIQUE TO WEB – CELEBRITIES AND CAUSES]
Celebrity endorsementwww.peta.org http://water.org/
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ROLE OF CELEBRITY [ANOTHER LAYER OF EVALUATION YOU MUST CONSIDER]
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MAY BE ADVOCACY BUT NOT .ORG
www.civileats.com Alternative news source
.com suffix
still presents advocacy perspective
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AUTHORITY IS OFTEN MORE DEFINED IN PUBLISHED SOURCES
Writer• Editor• Board Audience
Writer Audience
Published Sources
Web Resources:
• Website author
• Website Publisher
• Or it can be -- No one!
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VALUE OF ADVOCACY WEBSITES
Reasons to use advocacy websites:
•Questions existing information [even factual] •Presents alternative perspectives on topics• Examines conflicting/opposing viewpoints on topics
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EXAMPLES
• Cigarette smoking: although an issue before websites, 20 years ago official government sources supported smoking as a non harmful, or neutral activity [supported by cigarette manufacturers]
• Food safety/GMOs: although government websites maintain the safety of GMOs, independent websites may question this stance
CorporationsGovernment
Public
Where advocacy meets conflicting motives
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ACADEMIC/NONACADEMIC?
Sources for scholarly information include govt and educational websites:
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ACCURACYIs this information found and verified in other sources?
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APPROPRIATENESS, RELEVANCY
• How relevant is the information to your topic?
• How would you use www.occupywallst.org in a research paper?
• How does this compare to other sources of verified information: books, reference sources,
reports
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CURRENCY
Look at bottom for date. This usually indicates last updated version of site.