Module 3: Finding and Evaluating Information on the World Wide Web

Task 9: Critically Evaluating Web Sites III

Name: _______________________ Instructor: __________________ Section: ________

Objectives

In this task you will learn to:

• differentiate between real, hoax, satirical, and biased web sites

Instructions

Activity 1

You are working on an academic project on the following topic:  The threat of anthrax as a terrorist weapon.  You have used a popular search engine to search for materials on the World Wide Web. Among the many hits retrieved are the following two:

Using what you have learned, evaluate these two hits. Be sure to explain what you can tell both from the URL and from visiting each web document and the web site where it resides.

Activity 2

You are working on an academic project with the following topic:  Cloning of human beings should be banned.  You have used a popular search engine to search for materials on the World Wide Web. Among the many hits retrieved are the following two:

 

C	http://www.genochoice.com
D	http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/06/weinberg.htm

Using what you have learned, evaluate these two hits. Be sure to explain what you can tell both from the URL and from visiting each web document and the web site where it resides.

Activity 3

You are working on an academic project on the following topic:  The World Trade Organization Oppresses the Poor.  You have used a popular search engine to search for materials on the World Wide Web. Among the many hits retrieved are the following two:

Using what you have learned, evaluate these two hits. Be sure to explain what you can tell both from the URL and from visiting each web document and the web site where it resides.