Running Head: CREDIBILITY PAPER Information Credibility on the Internet University of Phoenix CMGTT530 April 17‚ 2010 Introduction The Internet was designed for the exchange of unrestricted information. When considering the Internet‚ one distinct feature pertaining to the flow of online information must be understood; unlike traditional media‚ the Internet has no government or ethical regulations controlling the majority of its available content (Eastin‚ 2001). When evaluating
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Website Credibility Credible Websites vs. Non-credible Websites 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);
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Internet Credibility For a person who does not do research on the internet‚ credibility may not mean a whole lot. Due to ease of access to the internet‚ a lot of people use this source to retrieve information. But‚ when the internet is used for this purpose‚ it is important to follow certain guidelines. The first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they read something from the internet is‚ "Is this true?" One must learn to make up one’s mind by asking exploratory questions about the
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Internet Credibility Hector A. Haro Hum 186 August 05‚ 2011 Dr. Anthony Pitucco Internet Credibility I work in an industry filled with people who claim “the internet was the worst thing to happen to the second oldest industry”. This people are not dumb by any stretch of the imagination they all have well over 30 years’ experience and have been in the trenches. This men and woman are veterans in their own right and have been credited for helping pave the way for all the new gladiators of our
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By losing that credibility of who you are‚ you can destroy your image. This is what happens when someone lose the credibility of their image‚ "A simple investigation into his past revealed a crowded graveyard of disenchanted former friends."(Ericsson 473). This is the best representation of what happens to a person when
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developed the theory of interpersonal communication motives in hopes of identifying the reasons why people choose to initiate conversations with others. The researchers designed their theory in correlation with several theoretical constructs‚ including the functional approach to interpersonal communication‚ the theory of interpersonal needs‚ and the media uses and gratifications theory. Also‚ the theory of interpersonal communication motives builds on the communication behaviors found in earlier studies
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Credible Information Debate 1 Credible Information Debate 2 There is much debate concerning the validity and reliability of Wikipedia. The internet has transformed the way we gather and learn information. Fifteen years
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decipher between what is credible and what is not. There is so much information on the Web‚ good and bad‚ finding what we want is not an exact science and can be time consuming‚ there has been a many time even myself have fallen victim to this. The credibility of source is based on the subject‚ audience‚ source of publication‚ and documentation of supporting evidence. Today we have many domains as in .edu - education sites .gov - government sites .org - organization sites .com - commercial sites .net
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Sartori ((2002). p122) argues that credibility relates to a state’s perceived honesty and the ability of the actor to bluff successfully. In this case Actor B judges Actor A’s credibility by assessing the previous and perceived future behaviour of Actor A. Actor B is far less likely to escalate a situation when Actor A has a reputation of following through with threats‚ i.e. a reputation for honesty. Jervis argues against this and claims that credibility is not the perceived honesty of an actor
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The narrator’s credibility is very slim. The narrator makes false ideas and events‚ which would make an unreliable narrator. The narrator isn’t very clear on his surroundings. He doesn’t give us details like his age‚ when he was born or about his family. In the text of The Outsider it states “I cannot recall any person except myself; or anything alive but the noiseless rats and bats and spiders.” When the narrator talks he is not giving us the full view of his ideas. It’s hard to understand where
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