http://moonty.blogspot.com/2004/09/what-makes-music-popular.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0254/is_4_58/ai_58496771/
The first website is a personal blog. The author is merely providing an opinion. He has shown no credibility. His thought may be intriguing, but it would not work as a source on an academic paper. The design is minimalistic and sparse.
The second website hosts an article from the American Journal of Economics and Sociology. The article is a good 20 pages long and includes deep, statistical proof. While the sight may be plagued with advertisements, the design of the website is significantly more professional. I would cite it on a paper, but perhaps use it as a portal to other research.
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First off I want you to know that I really apperciate your title and it is weird/interesting to see you at church.
ReplyDeleteSecond off personal blogs can be great places to see what people are saying about a subject but are horrible in terms of credibiliy.
i agree, blogs can be great personal sources of more information, but not good when it comes to credible sources. and i agree with chelsea in that i appreciate your title and not the part about seeing you in church haha
ReplyDeleteWe both live in Whyview so we go to the same church building but yesterday was the first time that I ever saw him in Whyview outside of class. It is like seeing the people you swim everday with at school for the first time (after a couple months) and with clothes on. It is weird because you are seeing that person completely out of the context that you normally see that person. It makes you do a double take. It is weird, in a good way.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your opinion about how personal blogs aren't very useful. From most of the blogs that I have seen, they're pretty much online scrapbooks with a few perky tidbits about your life...not much substance. And I applaud you both for being righteous.
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