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Read The Following Statements and Determine The Credibility of The Website
Read The Following Statements and Determine The Credibility of The Website
In this activity, you will be tasked with visiting a known hoax website as well as two legitimate
websites and gauging their credibility based on various criteria.
This information must be completed by EACH student and uploaded onto each students
weebly.com website.
Choose one of the two websites and complete the following table:
Read the following statements and determine the credibility of the website
Author Yes No
Is there an editor? No
Publisher
Is the website trying to sell you something based on your view? Yes
Intended Audience
Quality of Information
Explain why you chose the ordering you did in complete sentences.
I chose blogspots as the least credible because anybody can make one. Sites ending in .com
are harder to make, but anybody can make one. I chose .edu websites as the second most
credible because only universities and schools can publish them. I chose .gov websites as the
most credible because the government has the funding they need to carry out as much research
as they want.
https://factsaboutgmos.org/
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-
transgenic-crops-and-732
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/07/are_gmos_safe_yes_t
he_case_against_them_is_full_of_fraud_lies_pand_errors.html
Health/Medicine
http://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccination.html
https://authoritynutrition.com/6-shocking-reasons-why-gluten-is-bad/
http://www.uwhealth.org/nutrition-diet/the-reality-behind-gluten-free-diets/31084
http://vaccine-injury.info/tenpenny.cfm#_
http://healthimpactnews.com/2014/unapproved-but-effective-cancer-cures/
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/dna-vaccines-protect-monkeys-against-
zika-virus
Using a manner similar to what you did with step one, evaluate the credibility of the two
websites. Answer the questions below:
1. What is the first website you chose? Regarding the website and its usefulness in
researching a particular topic, do you believe the website is credible? You must discuss
your answer in complete sentences and give sufficient justification for your argument to
receive credit.
The first website I chose was http://cdc.gov. I believe it is credible due to the extensive research
they conduct about vaccines and other medical phenomenons. It is also conducted by a
government agency, which requires a lot of education to be a contributor.
2. What is the second website you chose? Regarding the website and its usefulness in
researching a particular topic, do you believe the website is credible? You must discuss
your answer in complete sentences and give sufficient justification for your argument to
receive credit.
The second website I chose is nature.com. I believe this website is very credible, despite the
.com ending in the URL. It lists a wide variety of references, shows citations, and gives
some author information.