Website Evaluation

If a website provides biased information, the information is:

• On target

• Relates to only one subject

• Correct and factual

• May be someone's opinion

What does currency mean as it relates to a website?

• Creative journalism

• The ability of the website to make money

• The website's revision/update information

• A news article

If a website's URL ends in .edu that means the website is what kind?

• an academic institution

• an entertainment site

• largely biased

• primarily opinion based

Websites that post information without an author are...

• reliable if you believe the information

• hard to determine if the information is trustworthy

• usually not listed in Google searches

• usually owned by many people

How can we tell if a website is biased?

• lots of pictures

• the information is opinionated, one-sided, and persuasive

• it only posts trustworthy information

• unstable links

What does it mean if a website contains ads?

• more reliable

• always fair and balanced

• trying to generate revenue

• always unreliable

What is the website's URL?

• Information Usually Required by Law

• the domain extension/suffix of a site: .come, .edu., .org

• the font used on the website

• the web address located at the top of the computer screen

What does it mean if there are good images on a website?

• proves the information is reliable

• indicates a desire to deceive

• doesn't impact whether the information is reliable

• show the author's good intentions

The purpose of a website is important to determine since it may show...

• if the information is mostly opinion

• if the author is biased

• if the site is trying to sell something

• all of the answers are correct

Objective information on a website means...

• the website is a government site

• the information is factual and can be proven

• the object of the information is unclear

• the author is unreliable