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Bulls*** or Legit?

Bulls*** or Legit? .

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Bulls*** or Legit?

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  1. Bulls*** or Legit?

  2. Have you ever come across a website whose content made you a little skeptical? Have you ever been researching for a project and came across conflicting “facts”? The World Wide Web is as just about anybody’s finger tips today so just about anything can be put on it so how is someone supposed to be able to know what is “bullsh*** and what is legit”? There are a few things to look for when trying to figure this whole thing out and I will be giving you a few tips

  3. First topic: what type of website have you entered? • When searching for credible information it is very important to be sure you know what the nature of a website is. Is it one of the following: • A student journal • An online gossip journal • A personal blog • Or sometimes even a well known news website If so you should approach with caution. Many of theses sites are biased and unreliable and a good indication of this is the informative sources are not usually mentioned. And when it comes to the news websites the source may be there but listen carefully for biased or unfair remarks.

  4. Topic number two: Now that you picked a website, what does it look like? once you are on a website you should be able to get a good feel for whether the site is legit or not by looking at it. Is there an insignia of a company or news company? How neat is the site? Is it organized and in an orderly fashion or is the information spread through out it. Even better though. Are there pop ups, ads, and flashing advertisements for “hott local women”? If so that’s a good clue to get a new site to look at, oh and as a side note, its probably not good to click on these ads….even if the picture of the girl is hott. You will more than likely regret that click when your computer crashes from all the Trojans you’ll so kindly receive from these “hott local women “ .

  5. for example……

  6. AVOID THESE!!!

  7. NEXT! ! TOPIC THREE: THE AUTHOR, “WHO’S THIS GUY?” • What can I find out about the author of the article or book? (IS THERE A LINK TO THEIR PERSONAL SITE? PUBLISHER’S SITE? OR MAYBE THERE IS A SMALL BIO THERE BY THE ARTICLE.) • What else has my author written? (HAVE THEY WRITTEN OTHER ARTICLES ON THE TOPIC AT HAND, OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER?) • What organizations is the author affiliated with? Is this important? ( THIS IS IMPORTANT, MAYBE THE ORGANIZATION THEY ARE AFFILIATED WITH IS A WIDE KNOWN BIASED GROUP. YOU WOULDN’T BE GETTING FACTS IN THT CASE, BUT OPINIONS SO BE CAREFUL.)

  8. AND MAY I ADD AS A SIDE NOTE. IF THERE IS A PICTURE OF THE AUTHOR, TAKE A peak AT IT. IT WON’T ALWAYS GIVE YOU A HINT BUT IT MAY. ESPECIALLY IF THE AUTHOR IS THIS GUY i don’t think he’s a real doctor.. I don’t know about you but i may find it hard to take his articles and podcasts seriously…..

  9. And now our fourth topic: accuracy • now the tips on this topic are probably the most important of all the tips so listen up. A few questions you should ask your self when evaluating are • are there foot notes, A bibliography, or side notes mentioning where the information was gathered? • Maybe the information simply doesn’t match up with knowledge you already have on the subject. Be sure to double check your resources of the knowledge and the article’s before ruling out it’s credibility • How about the site’s evaluation? Has it been evaluated at all? If so, who by? A credible site may have been evaluated by a library, or a rating service.

  10. Accuracy continued…. • did the author provide any proof of their claims. A good article may include statistics and data about the article to improve is information. • And last you may want to even proof read the article. If it has many misspelled words, bad grammar, or just seems uneducated it may just be a site to forego

  11. Topic five: What is the context like over all? • A few good tips to keep in mind, taken from our classes website, are some the following: • Web sites are not all bad! • Scholarly articles are not all good! • Information is not inherently good or bad. You must consider the intent of the author of the information in relation to the context of your project. For example, you might want to use a holocaust denial site if you are researching holocaust denial. If you were researching the conditions of concentration camps, then you probably wouldn’t want to use the holocaust denial site as one of your sources.

  12. Hopefully these tips will help you out in future research projects and keep you clear of pop-ups, false information, and fake statistics.

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