Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Media

Although most of the information available may be true, there are other indicators that the website may not have the most reliable information. There are no footnotes contained on any of the webpages, nor are there links to reliable sources of information. In fact, nearly all of the links on the site will redirect you to another page under the same domain. This, to me, is a good indicator that there are no other sources to justify that the information contained are from a quality source.

To be reliable means to be dependable. For a website to be reliable, it needs to present facts or issues in an unbiased manner; we need to be able to depend on the information found on the site. Some websites are better at that than others. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A True Historical Examination looks like a reliable resource for students researching Martin Luther King, Jr., but the site lacks the objectivity of a similar site, the Seattle Times’ website, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, making it unreliable.

I knew that the websites were genuine, and that the information in them was correct because the websites that I used were well known, and a lot of my friends use them. For example, I used Bitesize, and Wikipedia. There were a lot more pros than cons to using this source. One of the pros was that it was quick to search up what I needed to know, and it was good because I knew that the information was correct. I knew that the information was correct, because I double checked, by looking it up on another website just to make sure that I was 100% putting correct information. Another good point was that on the bitesize website, it the information was laid out in a formal way, so that I could easily understand what I was reading. Although, one of the cons was that when I was using Wikipedia, some of the information was laid out in huge blocks of writing, so therefor, it was sometimes hard to find the parts of information that I wanted, so obviously, Wikipedia wasn’t as good as bitesize. Another con to this was that because the information was quite hard to understand, I sometimes got really confused and wasn’t sure that what I was writing didn’t make any sense, and that the information could come across incorrect. So overall, this showed me that for me personally, I was only able to use websites that were laid out in a simple form, otherwise I would find the work really hard to complete.

Because so many people have access to posting whatever information they want, there is a large amount of inaccurate information online. One reason for inaccuracy may be that bits and pieces were taken out of a particular story so it could be broadcasted in less time leaving the viewer or listener to fill in the missing pieces using their own assumptions. Also, websites such as Wikipedia cannot be trusted for accuracy because anyone can log on and change information.

A popular phrase growing up might have been “don’t believe everything you see on the internet.” Many websites, newspapers, magazines, and networks may not present accurate information. A document can display information in a professional manner, but the information itself can be biased, and unsupported by evidence, ultimately making the presented information more of an opinion opposed to factual information. They are certainly hard to find, but credible and unbiased information does exist. “Being WEIRD: How Culture Shapes the Mind,” by Ethan Watters, has every quality that is expected of a credible document, as well as “Why Nice Guys Finish Last,” by Julia Serano, and “The weirdest people in the world?,” by Joseph Henrich, Steven J. Heine,

Today, it is very easy to believe anything seen on the internet. With numerous resources available instantaneously, it is impossible to know which ones are misleading, and which ones are legitimate. In the end, it all comes down to being able to distinguish a fake source, from a real source.

College life can be pretty stressful and complicate it at times. There are several things that can help college life become easier and more manageable. One of the main things and if not the most important it will be the ability to identify and separate credible online sources from non-credible ones. It is very true that technology has help make college life easier, with search engines such as Google or Bing at just one click away of distance. The only problem is that with so many choices to pick from how to tell if a source is even worth to look at without having to expend a great amount of time looking at each one through. Even though non-credible sources are easier to find, credible sources

The biggest forms of information given to you through using the internet would include blogs, podcasts, and videos. The sources I use to evaluate when doing research on the internet is authenticated speaker, speaker qualified, authority, other found credible sources, accuracy, last revision, and it’s current these are some factor I could think of. The topic I chose has credible sources and also reliability sources that are already evaluated and uploaded on podcast, blog, and video.

As the economy is moving towards a knowledge based environment, the ability to find good information to back up what you are saying is becoming more and more valuable. While the internet has made this a much easier, it has also created many new pitfalls. With so many new sources popping up daily it is difficult to differentiate between good and biased sources. Instruction at the GPRC includes:

Check” by Alyssa Rosenberg describes possible strategies that can be used when an individual is trying to figure out if the information found online is true. Rosenberg and her colleague David Ignatius asked individuals what outlets and writers did they had confidence in and to explain. Most of the people interviewed said that they trusted writers and individuals who passed along stories. Nick Baumann a senior editor at Huffington Post provided questions that people can ask themselves to ensure that the information on social media is credible. The author’s thesis is to help individuals who have trouble on judging what information online is true and to not get tricked

But like everything else this can also have it’s draw backs. Because there is so much information out there that is not credible, the problem is how do we know which one is and which one is not. I am glad that I have found out that the wikipedia site is not a reliable source because this is one of the first ones that pops up after we input what we want to find out. This

In evaluating sources, multiple requirements are needed to be checked in order to confirm that it is, indeed, a credible source to use in an essay. Ideology, relevance, reliability, credibility, timeliness, and diversity all play a role in finding the perfect website or book to quote from or use as an example. If a sources has none of these, it is a completely unreliable source and does not need to be included in an essay due to the fact that it will only cause the paper to be unreliable.

When I think of the creditability of a person I think, it is someone who is knowledgeable about the topic and is someone who lives that life. Credibility is the quality of being trusted and believed in. Have you ever been asked or thought back to information you received on a topic? One of the things you need to think about is, is this a creditable source.

Credibility: I am a credible source for this topic through all of the research I have found.

I would like to share with you what I have recently learned about obtaining information through the Internet. The Internet is a tremendous potential source of information about virtually any imaginable topic of interest. However, because there is no regulation or quality control over what people choose to publish online, it is crucial to learn ways of distinguishing credible, reliable, factually accurate information sources from those that are not credible, unreliable, factually inaccurate sources. For example, websites that are maintained by government agencies, accredited university research programs, and licensed professionals are good candidates to be considered reliable sources of information online.