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Evaluating Websites: The Five W’s for Credible Information

Assessing the credibility of websites is essential in today's digital age. This guide outlines the Five W's—Who, What, When, Where, and Why—to evaluate web content effectively. Learn how to determine the authorship, bias, and reliability of information and the significance of website domain types, such as .edu or .gov. Discover practical questions to ask while assessing content and understand the importance of verifying sources. This evaluation activity will help you critically assess various websites and enhance your research skills.

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Evaluating Websites: The Five W’s for Credible Information

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  1. Web Site Evaluation

  2. Why do we need to evaluate websites?

  3. The Five W’s Who? What? When? Where? Why?

  4. Who? • Is it clear who has written the information? • Is the website associated with an organization? • Can you contact the website author by a phone or snail mail address? • Can I verify that the author or organization is credible?

  5. What? • Is the information on the website biased? • Does it advertise a product or service? • Is it trying to change how you think? • Does the site offer more than one viewpoint? • Is the purpose of the website clear? • Does the site offer links to other sites with further resources?

  6. When? • What date or time was the website last updated? • Look on bottom of page • Use browser to find out date • Do the links on the website work?

  7. Where? • Where does the information come from? • Examine the URL • .edu Educational institution • .com Commercial business • .org Non-profit organization or other • .net Network providers or organizations • .gov Government agencies • .mil U.S. military site or agency

  8. Why? • Why was the site created? • Why is this information useful for my purpose? • Why should I use this information? • Am I able to verify this information? • Why is this page better than another?

  9. Class Activity • In groups of 2 or 3 you will evaluate one of the websites listed below: • http://zapatopi.net/afdb/ • http://www.bigredhair.com/boilerplate/ • http://descy.50megs.com/akcj3/bmd.html • http://www.fulkerson.org/ancestors/buyanancestor.html • http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html • http://www.improb.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html • http://city-mankato.us/ • http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/moon.htm • http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/fisher/ • http://www.ovaprima.org/ • http://www.d-b.net/d-b/dti/ • http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html • http://www.bandersnatch.com/guide.htm

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