Group Members=
: Erin
Northey, Richard Mobley, Matt Potter, Ann Marie Wedgworth, Lori McAdams
Prior Knowled= ge: Hate on the internet is degrading, racist, sexist, derogatory, inflamitory, provocative, anti-religion or specific to a religions group, sexual orientation, appeals to the senses. We had no prior knowledge about how to review a website except to lo= ok for hate words, graphics, etc.
Criteria/Tool= s for Review: 1. Authority (contact info, authors, who is responsible for the website) 2. Accuracy (sources, how up to date the site is) 3. Currency (dat= es, copyright dates) 4. Objectivity (sponsors, ads)
Site Reviews:=
www.austli= i.edu.au/au/journals/AJHR/1994/10.html
Authority: Author: Jeremy=
Jones;
Contact Info: yes , director of
Accuracy: Sources; there = were several sources listed at the end of the article
Currency: Dates: there we= re dates but they were outdated; 14 years old; there was a copy write policy
Objectivity: There were no sponsors or ads on the page
This did not appear to be= a hate website.
Authority: No specific author listed; vaguely referenced with “We are few individuals who decided to take a stand.”
Accuracy: Undetermined, completely subjectiv= e, not sources listed. Links to conc= entration camps went to a completely different website.
Currency: Not listed in the article, but when subjected to whoisit.net the web page was created on 01/14/= 2007 and updated on 07/10/2008.
Objectivity: Extremely biased against Iranian President Ahmadinejad, who the author declares is violating UN Charter, Art= icle 99 of the International Criminal Code.
This is a website about t=
he hate
of Iranian political officials against
www.biblebelievers.o= tg.au/holohoax.htm
Authority: No author is g= iven. The group calls itself the Institute for Historical Review. The only way to reach this group is via SASE envelope, and they will write you back.
Accuracy: There are very = few citations, and the one listed are to opinion pieces and for book with “suspect” titles. It does quote Proverbs.
Objectivity: This is an Australian Christian group that does not think the holocaust happened.
Currency: no date on site.
This site does not advoca= te through hate speech. It simply rejects the holocaust based on unverifiable statisti= cs.
www.apa.org/monitor= /oct02/bullying.html
Authority: Name of writer= is given. The article appears on= the website for the American Psychological Association.
Accuracy: While there are= no citations, many people are given as sources with their professional credent= ials listed as well.
Currency: There is a date= given for the article.
Objectivity: The website = appears to be objective, with no clear bias. The only information given appears to be factual and not opinion.
The site appears to be a legitimate website about bullying because it is on a reputable website and = the authors appear to reputable as well.
This is the last website for our group. Members are: R= ichard Mobley, Erin Northey, Matt Potter, Anne Marie Wedgworth, and Lori McAdams
Bullying website:
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/bullying.html
Authority: This site is pa=
rt of
the “Awesome Library,” which claims: “Awesome Library org=
anizes
the Web with 35,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 perce=
nt
in education.” Sources are cited: Goldbloom’s article in Reader=
’s
Digest, and UK National Workplace Bullying Advice Line. The Holt
article’s link is broken and can’t be verified. The term emotio=
nal
intelligence is linked to several more articles. The site name is informal
because it is geared toward educators, yet the information is presented more
formally.
Objectivity: there are 3 ads from google on the right = side which are not related to bullying or education (2 flat stomach ads, 1 real = age teat) but the content stays on target with bullying and education.
Currency: yes. It’s current: Copyright © 1996-2007 EDI and Dr. R. Jerry Ad= am
Accurate: credible sources are cited (although one lin= k is broken), and there are links to legitimate agencies for more information. <= /p>