Good: http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/7427.pdf
Bad: http://parenting.families.com/blog/category/169
My topic is educational media, and whether parents should heavily rely on it to teach their toddlers. The first example is a good one - the website seems professional, apparently made by an organisation, so the credibility is there. The information is gathered into a neat report, which would make finding certain aspects of my topic easier. The second example, however, is not quite as up to par as the first. While also dealing with toddlers and media parenting, this website is a public one, in which any person can sign up and post. Therefore, the information lacks sufficient credibility. Also, the layout of the website is a bit harder to handle than that of the aforementioned report - the topics tend to jump around more.
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Yeah, the second one just reminded me of a blog. I'm not saying that the information there is bad, but it wouldn't be usable because there is no show of authority. I think it would be interesting though to maybe use some of that website for like testimonials.
ReplyDeleteThat is an interestiong point. I would not have thought of organization, but now that I think of it it is so obvious. Really a credible site ought to be professional and put together well. That is a good observation.
ReplyDeleteThe testimonial idea is a good one, Aaron. I might be using that, so thank you. Courtney, I never really considered it either, but as soon as I started envisioning myself trying to write my paper, and not being able to find the exact information I wanted... I realised then that organisation might be more important than I had assumed!
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