Anyone can publish information of any type on the Internet- factual or false, true or incorrect. The Internet does not enforce rules or quality controls about content. Therefore, you should not accept everything as accurate. The following criteria should be considered for determining the quality of Internet information:
- Relevance and reliability
- Page layout
- Validity and bias
- Writing style
- Coverage
You are requested to choose one of them and explain it in a comment according to your understanding. (Don't copy from the book!)
Page layout: The page layout defines a website's reliability most of the time. A reliable's website layout is really important. It should be well designed and organised. It should also have no literary errors like spelling and grammatical mistakes. Websites with a noticeable amount of errors would be definitely unreliable.
ReplyDeleteThe quality of Internet information:
ReplyDeleteRelevance and reliability
Page layout
Validity and bias
Writing style
Coverage
Pick one of these and explain it to us
DeletePage layout is page design
ReplyDeleteWriting style is when a writer writes his or her own type of writing style reveals both the writer's personality and voice, but it also shows how he or she perceives the audience
ReplyDeleteRelevance requires that the financial accounting information should be such that the users need it and it is expected to affect their decisions.
ReplyDeleteReliability requires that the information should be accurate and true and fair.
Relevance and reliability: the boy in that picture, he may not have checked the information however he copy and past it, he may have some information that is not related to the subject.
ReplyDeleteGood explanation and excellent way in connecting "Relevance and Reliability" with the picture above.
ReplyDeletewhen a subject or event is reported on television or radio, or in newspapers
ReplyDeleteThe allegations received widespread media coverage.
Relevance and reliability: The four main ways to find relevant and reliable web sites
ReplyDelete1-Web indexes and directories
2-Library website subject pages
3-College or university faculty websites
4-Search engines
Writing style..
ReplyDeleteRefers to the manner in which an author chooses to write to his or her audience. A style reveals both the writer's personality and voice, but it also shows how he or she perceives the audience.