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The Real Thing?

The Real Thing?. Evaluating Websites. When I receive information, I usually. . . accept that the information is true . or do I . . . consult a credible source to verify the author’s claims/facts. Know Your Personal Biases. Do I tend to look at things as either:

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The Real Thing?

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  1. The Real Thing? Evaluating Websites

  2. When I receive information, I usually. . . • accept that the information is true. • or do I . . . • consult a credible source to verify the author’s claims/facts.

  3. Know Your Personal Biases Do I tend to look at things as either: “right/wrong” OR “good/bad” ?

  4. Know Your Personal Biases • Insecurity • Fear • Ignorance • Peer/Family influence

  5. Recognizing a Reliable Website

  6. What type of website is it? • Who is behind the website? • Is the information supported with verifiable evidence?

  7. What type of website? • promoting an opinion or political agenda • selling a service or product • offering tips/advice • news or blogs • governmental • scholarly article • Wikipedia-type

  8. Top Level Domains • Products, Services, Ideas, Agendas (.org, .com) • Non-profits (.org, .edu) • Scholarly/educational (.edu, .org) • Popular press (.com, .org) • Governmental (.gov, .mil) • Personal (.com, .edu, .net)

  9. Author: Who’s Behind the Website? Who pays for the site? Who maintains the site? Who writes the information?

  10. Check to see if site provides an identifying link: “About Us” “Who We Are” “Mission Statement”

  11. credentials: the education, work, or other experience that qualifies an individual or organization to address a particular topic.

  12. Do You Want Friend or an Expert?

  13. Beware of Unsupported Content

  14. Know when writers are masking personal opinions as factual statements.

  15. Writer’s personal opinion: • I think gays do a poor job of raising healthy, well socialized children. • Writer states personal opinion as fact: • Gays do a poor job of raising healthy, well socialized children.

  16. Your response to such statements should be: How does the writer know this claim to be true? Does the writer support her opinion with credible evidence?

  17. reliable evidence: authoritative, balanced, and accurate source whose claims can be verified through credible sources.

  18. to verify: determine the accuracy of a statement, fact, or statistic

  19. Unsupported Statements Student’s claim: According to Ebreastaug.com, Americans spent $12 billion on cosmetic surgery (ebreastaub.com). Cited source:

  20. Supported Statements Revised claim: “In 2007, Americans spent approximately $8 billion on surgeons’ fees for cosmetic medical treatments (Sarwer, 2006).”

  21. Supported Statements Student discovered statistical source in the following article: Sarwer, D. “Physical Appearance & Cosmetic Medical Treatments: Socio-Cultural Influences.” Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology 2 (2006): 29-39.

  22. Verifying Sources Check credentials of author: Listed in library databases? Academic Search Elite

  23. Reliability of Author: Credentials Is author the subject of internet chatter? Google the author’s name

  24. How to Tell a Reliable Site • What type of website is it? • Who is behind the website? • Is the information supported with verifiable evidence?

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