Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Website Evaluation #2

http://www.americancatholic.org/news/stemcell/




WHO?

Has someone taken responsibility for the content of this Web site?
Yes the American Catholic Organization, written by Nancy Frazier O'Brien
Is information about the author or organization clearly stated?
Yes the organization is plastered all over the site

Are there any links to in-depth information about the author or organization?
The organization has an about us, contact and archive links

Can you contact the company or author through a real world postal address or phone number?
when you click on the link to the question or issues you have an address comes up all to the same place

Can you confirm that the company or author is a credible, authoritative source of information?
No they give no citation or background on the information given by the writer

Can you verify the authority of any of the site's content that is attributed to other sources?
This is just a regurgitated statement and their is no creditably to the information being that the original statement is a biased judgement not based on facts just opinion


WHAT?

Is the information biased in any way?
The information is very biased. It is a religious website so is only seeing the topic in a religious view point.

Does the site rely on loaded language or broad, unsubstantiated statements?
yes they use some language that is unclear as to what they are referring to

Is emotion used as a means of persuasion?
Yes they are trying to make the issue seem immoral and a form of murder

Does the site offer more than one viewpoint?
No it does not it is only about what they think and nothing else

Are there links to other or alternative viewpoints?No

Does the site's information seem thorough and well organized?
no

Does the site clearly state the topics that it intends to address?
It does  but in a biased way

Does it follow through on the information it has promised?
Yes, it gives links to a section based on just this kind of topic

Does the information seem complete and consistent?
No it is not complete but consistent in their opinion

Is the information well written and easy to understand?
No it is not well written and is rather jumbled

Does the Web site offer a list of further in-depth resources or links to such resources?
Not for further resources just more links to their option and beliefs

What's the copyright status of material found on the site?
It is Copyrighted 1996-2012



 WHY?

Can I get the information faster offline?
No for this type of information it would be faster online, but just not from this website

Does the online material I'm finding suit my needs?
No there are no facts, statistics, or credible information

Am I able to verify this information?
No because it is all based on option and not fact

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