I can determine if a source is reliable by checking the date it was published, and by verifying its origin. The date is an important factor because I can see if the information was publicized recently or in the past. If the information is recent I have a higher chance that the continent will be based on recent findings or test and that the facts will be accurate. However, I do run the chance of false data because now a day’s people summarize into their own words the previous text and others plagiarize incomplete information, for me to actually think that I will be running the chance of considering their incomplete work will make me fail due to the fact that details that they did not find important and did not include would be the details that I need. If I do not verify thoroughly the date and continent I can be in the dean’s list. Another important factor is verifying the origin, if it’s a book I can easily find the information by looking where the text are classified such as a biography or a documentation, the type of book you need varies by the subject you are working with. Nevertheless the internet is a very different matter; a way that the origin can be determined is by the extension of the website. For example, if it’s educational it will be .edu; business can be .org, etc. By determining the extension I can make sure that I am working on a webpage that can support me with the right information.…
You can research anything in the world you could possibly think of and want to. Educational at best, the Internet is the world’s major source of instantaneous information at your fingertips. But the huge downfall to everybody having this resource and now so adopted by almost the entire population as a way of life (i.e. banking, email, bill paying, etc.) is that anyone can find out anything about anybody at any time so privacy is an issue. The Internet has become a necessity of life because most people can’t even go a few hours let alone a day without being on the internet. You cannot even go to a job site today and ask for an application to fill out because they send you to a kiosk computer in the store or give you a website you can visit in order to electronically file your employment application. The Internet is light years past a mere educational…
Explain how the Internet has aided criminal activity. The internet has aided criminal activity by communicating with each other without having to be near, as well as fraud and identity theft. The rise of the Internet over the last decade has paralleled some of the greatest milestones in communications history. Along with such great strides in bringing the world together, the frightening aspect of accessing information and propaganda that tests the very limits of the U.S. Constitution has arrived. Above all, the Internet is used to commit against persons that include various crimes like transmission of child-pornography, harassment of any one with the use of a computer such as e-mail. The trafficking, distribution, posting, and dissemination of obscene material including pornography and indecent exposure, constitutes one of the most important criminal activity known today. With just a few keystrokes, an individual can have access to all forms of personal information, bomb-making instructions, and poison recipes; and a plethora of extremist ideologies expressing everything from radical religious cults to clandestine organized crime groups.…
The internet enables communication and allows information gathering to be not only be plentiful but instantaneous. The extent of the Internet is everywhere, it is in the majority of homes or accessible to almost everyone. The validity of the Internet does need some questioning. Anyone can contribute to its content not just scholars or experts. Opinions can be taken for fact.…
There is a wealth of knowledge and information to be found on the web and being able to judge the validity and appropriateness of a website can be very difficult. With the millions of great websites available to everyone there are just as many harmful and useless ones as well. Not all websites out on the web were created with innocent intentions but were created to harm, sell you something, give you false information, or express ones point of view. In the UC Berkley Library website "Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask," they provide a checklist for precautionary measures that you can take to ensure that the website you are on is a valid and appropriate source of information when researching. First, in the search results in the search engine you look at the URLs. Try and find information within the URL to see if it is someone's personal page, what type of domain, and who published it. Second, once inside the page selected to visit begin by scanning the page looking for links that may describe the sites content and what type of credentials the author of the site or page has. Third, UC Berkley recommends that you," look for indicators of quality information. Is the sources on the site documented with footnotes or links?" Is the sites information genuine and not incomplete? Make sure that it is not reproduced or altered information. Are there any other links for any other sources on the same subject? Lastly, you should try and see what others say about this site by simply seeing what other sites link to this page, do a link search in google or yahoo, or do a search on the author. These steps can greatly help you to evaluate the contents of a web page. It isn't by any means fail proof. There are a lot of web pages out there with inaccurate, malicious, and harmful content, but if you use these techniques it may help you to prevent from going to these types of sites and to visit the ones that are truly helpful and…
• How can you determine if the information on a website is reputable and worthwhile for a research paper?…
College life can be pretty stressful and complicate it at times. There are several things that can help college life become easier and more manageable. One of the main things and if not the most important it will be the ability to identify and separate credible online sources from non-credible ones. It is very true that technology has help make college life easier, with search engines such as Google or Bing at just one click away of distance. The only problem is that with so many choices to pick from how to tell if a source is even worth to look at without having to expend a great amount of time looking at each one through. Even though non-credible sources are easier to find, credible sources are more reliable because they are usually written by experts and have more substantial information in them. If we take a credible source like “Rising prevalence of cohabitation in United States may have partially offset decline in marriage rates” from the Family Planning Perspectives and compared against a non-credible sources like “Cohabitation in the United States” from Wikipedia, we can see that the article from the credible source has the components that help sort out a credible source from a non-credible.…
Gorman believes that humans learn in two main ways. The first is from experienced people that know more about a subject than you do; while the other is from personal contacts, books, or teachers that have an acclaimed status. Web 2.0 is a threat to old research ways, because the old ways “depended on the authenticity of the connection of sources”, while the new Web 2.0 way does not. With Web 2.0 anyone can write an article for the world to read. “Everyone is an expert in a world devoid of expertise.” (Gorman 422-427) It does not matter if the information is correct or not. Unless there are citations from a reputable source, there is no way of actually knowing if the information is…
Every website isn't credible but there are few that you can count on for latest resource and media. We to count on…
It is nice to hear back from you and I would be glad to answer each one of your questions to the best of my ability. There are a lot of things that can be done on the internet. The internet is a wonderful thing to have access to. Having access to the internet can open up a new light to a whole different world. The internet connects people all over the world. The internet gives a person access to lots and lots of information that can be very valuable to them. It is very important in a lot of cases to know rather or not the information that you have accessed is reliable or not. Not know rather or not the information is reliable can cause some major problems. The way that I determine rather or not the information that I access is reliable is by looking for the author’s information so I can know who to give credit to for the information. I consider information credible when it contains a citation. I like to use information that is peer-reviewed because that to means that it is credible because it has been reviewed by other people and deemed to be credible. Knowing if information is credible is important but it is also important to know what to look for the signs that information may not be credible. I prefer to not use information if an author is not known unless I can prove it too credible in other ways. I do not like to use information that can be edited by other people because the information may be their opinion instead of a true fact. I do not like to use information that is out-dated because things in the world is changing at a rapid…
Gathering information for academic purposes is very different nowadays. We not only have libraries to do research, we now have the Internet. There are numerous sources we can gather information from while searching the Internet, but we have to be careful in choosing a site that has credibility. A credible website is one that will have verifiable facts and credible editors who approve the validity of the facts (also known as gatekeepers); whereas, a non-credible website will have something or lack of something that will make you question its credibility. A non-credible website will also have questionable sources.…
Now let us talk about credible web sites. Credible web sites have what are known as Ethos which translates to Ethos = Credibility. They offer ways to look for the credibility of the author/or publisher. Authoritative sites may have an opinion or slants that are based on verifiable facts. Authoritative = Credibility = Ethos…
There is much debate concerning the validity and reliability of Wikipedia. The internet has transformed the way we gather and learn information. Fifteen years ago, we had internet access, but not to the extent we do today. Even in the 1990’s, if a paper was required for a class that meant time was spent in the library looking up books with a card catalog. We had to read books, write down information, decipher and organize the information into a well-written paper. In the 21st century, students have everything at their fingertips. All that is required in typing is a keyword and an abundant amount of material is populated in a matter of seconds. With all this information available how do students know what is reliable and appropriate for academic use?…
Credible websites are generally produced by authors who actually know what they are talking about. The sponsoring agency of the website is also credible. The intent of a credible website is to provide a reader with information and therefore should not be biased. The links on the website should not be biased either. They are typically funded by government, scientific, or college associations, or approved by the government. Also, usually the end in .edu, .gov, and .org. Non credible websites are websites by people who post their opinions or their opinions of a fact online. Anyone can make a .com or .net site easily and say whatever they chose to. Credibility is determined by the date, who wrote it, and the citations provided.…
The internet is a reasonably new phenomenon and as a result there are still many people who don’t know how to use it and there are still many people who are sceptical. However there are many people who use the internet everyday who have a very different view.…