I chose "The Huffington Post's" website to evaluate to help me better understand their version of the news as well as how they present that information to the readers. Using Figure 5-2 on page 99 in our textbook website accuracy was checked.
OVERALL CONTENT
The purpose of this site is to present unbiased newsworthy stories to citizens. Authors are named with a chance to post comments to them. The site was updated one minute ago. Dates and links are included as well as RSS feeds and other social networking sites. The intended audience is the average citizen who blogs, posts videos and uses community sites. Anyone wishing to find current information can use the site. This is a good source for finding new story ideas. The site provides bios of the authors to check out. The site offers quick reads and following links provides well written detailed articles.
COMPARE WITH OTHER RESOURCES
There are a wide range of sources on the Internet that would cover similar stories. For example, the story in "The Huffington Post" about police attacking looters after the Chile earthquake such as "The Associated Press" and the "The Globe and Mail" provide more information. The website is good for quick reads and to gather lots of information fast. The use of videos can help the user to not only view the pictures, but also feel involved in the process. Sites that do not incorporate video may perhaps not have these strong connection feelings. The sites provides references to others sites as well as other stories.
AUTHOR
Arianna Huffington is co-founder and editor in chief of "The Huffington Post". In 2005 she started the Internet site to report the news and to blog. "In 2006, she was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the world’s 100 most influential people". She has an MA in Economics. Arianna's credibility has been established by the amount of times her site is visited as well as linked to.
CHECK THE LINKS
The links in this site are clearly labelled and direct you to expected material. Well labelled links may lead to more story links. There are links to a range of Internet sources such as newsgroups, blogs, e-mails, social networking sites and comment opportunities. Links were updated less than one month ago. The site provides easy access to these links.
BIAS
Political:
Is the "Huffington Post" biased? It is argued that the site favours president Obama and the White house by giving him more coverage in more stories than in other political parties. Most people agree that the site is Liberal.
Advertising:
The home page on this site is uncluttered with advertising. The site saves money (so Arianna makes even more money) by refusing to pay their contributes. However the site does sell advertising. This causes biases in that the site is seen to be catering to those who are attracted to those ads.
"The Huffington Post" doesn't seem to have any corporate biases. The sites includes written material from many different sources. The "Post" doesn't discriminate between race or religion and shows no sensationalism. The site is simple, plain, and educational.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very well written blog that provides a thorough understanding of your topic to the reader.
In your first couple of paragraphs however, some of your sentences are left unfinished or don't exactly make sense. For example, in your third paragraph you write "For example, the story in "The Huffington Post" about police attacking looters after the Chile earthquake such as "The Associated Press" and the "The Globe and Mail" provide more information." This sentence doesn't carry out a complete thought.
Make sure to read through your work afterwards to see if a reader will be able to understand your writing clearly.
Otherwise, very well done!
"The sites provides references to others sites as well as other stories."
ReplyDeleteFrom reading this I believe you were talking about the Huffington Post, and therefore "sites" should be "site".
"The links in this site are clearly labelled and direct you to expected material. Well labelled links may lead to more story links."
"labelled" should be spelt "labeled" in both instances.
'The site saves money (so Arianna makes even more money) by refusing to pay their contributes."
"contributes" should be "contributors".
Well done Susan, minimal gramatical errors. I found your use of links worked well sometimes and not so well others.
ReplyDeleteThe entire sentence "In 2006, she was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the world’s 100 most influential people".
Just for readability's sake maybe only link the words "Time 100'" instead of making the entire sentence blue.