Friday, 8 August 2014

Websites - Identifying, searching for and evaluating information sources




Websites - reliability Criteria
 In reading ahead for assignment 1, I’ve just located the Harris article in the module 3 Readings . After Reading the first paragraph titled “Getting Started: Screening Information” , I immediately noticed a quite sexually suggestive advertisement for IMVU ( not sure what that is) on the right hand side of page which also indicates “Get Started”  but  in a very different way. This led me to question and check the authority,  reliability and trustworthiness  of the site. Due to the nature of the article it seems innapropriate. Also I wondered if  this ad deliberately placed there to raise awareness of advertising as an important aspect to consider when evaluating websites? How much control does an author have when it comes to advertising?  Do these adds regularly change?

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