Internet Evaluation
The web was originally designed as a medium to exchange scientific and military research data, and over time it developed into one of the most sophisticated tools of modern society. The Internet is a complex web of interconnected servers and workstations that span the globe, linking millions and millions of users throughout the world. It has become one of the fastest growing forms of communication today. But there is a dark side to this. The convenient availability of valuable and sensitive electronic information invites severe misuse in the form of biased, unaccredited, or unreliable data found therein. Compounding this problem is the unfortunate fact that there are ample opportunities for everyone to publish material on the Internet. Unlike printed resources, these Internet information resources are not critiqued and evaluated by scholars or editors, which doesn't ensure that the information you receive is accurate and useful. In this paper, I will analyze and evaluate three WebPages (www.foodfirst.org, www.soros.org and www.thenewamerican.com) assigned by my lecturer, Miss Bhavanee. I adopted several strategies and techniques to assess the information found in these sites.
Food First, an institute for food and development policy, which is a member-supported, nonprofit peoples think tank and education-for-action center. "Our work highlights root causes and value-based solutions to hunger and poverty around the world, with a commitment to establishing food as a fundamental human right".(www.foodfirst.org/who/). This site has a wide scope, and covered a variety of different viewpoints. They have covered all aspects of the subject. The aspects of coverage include, breadth, which tells how various subjects are covered. Among the aspects included are, their aims and functions, history of who and what they are, policy briefs, testimonies, sponsoring organizations, campaigns, interviews, press releases, articles (by Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, GATE, The Nation, etc.), fact sheets, documents on Human Rights, annual report, events and much more. Most of the information in this site consists of primary material (testimonials, interviews, opinions, etc.).The other aspect is depth, which identifies to what level of detail in the subject does the resource dive into. Each subject of this website has been actualized with in-depth information, links to reports and fact sheets and also other related sites. An good example of depth, in this site is the subject of 'sponsoring organizations', where they have thanked a listed amount of organizations for their sponsorship and support and created direct links to some of their homepages. This way we get a wider idea of the whole subject, as well as learn of the mission, future plans announcements, etc, of the sponsoring organizations. The other aspect of scope is time, to ensure if the information is limited to a particular time duration. The information available in this site is not limited to certain time periods and is assessable at anytime. The domain code can determine where the information came from and the kind of entity. The domain type of the site is .org, which indicates that it is a noncommercial, not-for-profit entity. The last site to review is, www.thenewamerica.com.THE NEW AMERICAN is a bi-weekly magazine, providing in-depth reporting on the issues affecting the nation. Articles are written from a conservative perspective and are an alternative to the liberal, mainstream media. (www.thenewamerican.com/website/tour/stop2.htm). The coverage of the site includes the breadth which covers: weekly features, back-dated features from The New American, recent issues, review of news, issues in focus, articles by Reuters and New York Times. But the depth of this site is very disappointing. Not much details are provided, most of what is presented in the site is a short review or summary of the articles for sale in the 'The New American' magazine. Most of what information we see in the site is of secondary material adopted from The New American itself or other major magazines or papers. Although the site covers a variety of viewpoints, they are not substantial. The website provides a special feature, which I find very interesting, which is the real player (free download) of the commentary by William Norman Grigg and the availability to request for free information through the internet. The workability depends on the convenience and effectiveness of the site. Among aspects of workability is user friendliness. Food First Site provides the viewers with a search menu that helps direct you to the intended area of discussion. 'Help' services are provided, this helps users solve their problems moving around the site or retrieving information. Readability on the screen is not a problem in this site. No passwords or network requirements are needed to access the resource. Images and other multimedia are not a problem to view. The resources are organized a logical manner to facilitate the users and is easy to retrieve. A search engine is provided to help save you time and direct you exactly to intended area, this comes under browsability and organization.
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Soros Foundations,
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Birch Society,
Foundation Network,
Miss Bhavanee,
Norman Grigg,
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society institute,
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program foundation,
york times,
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john birch society,
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rights food books,
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Approximate Word count = 3582
Approximate Pages = 14 (250 words per page double spaced)
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