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Assessing the Authority and Validity
of Internet Information
Name Mrs. Waite Date March 17th 2009
Internet Information Checklist
Web Site
Name and URL The Pinky Show
http://www.pinkyshow.org/
Authority
Is the source of the information Not really – Associated Animals Inc?
identified? Pinky, Mimi & Kim – curious cats,
many sources seem to be
Wikipedia….
Does the creator have knowledge of Seems to!
the subject?
Are qualifications provided? No, hard to find out who the authors
are, let alone why they are writing
what they are.
Does the URL provide clues to help No.
you assess the information?
Objectivity
Does the site state facts or opinions? Claims to be facts, is really full of
opinions. The lack of readily
available sources and author
information leads me to believe that
it is mostly a light overview of the
facts, and then a statement of
opinions.
Do you suspect bias? If so, why? Yes, again, hard to find information
on sources and authors. All content
is anti-globalization, with no
discussion of possible alternative
views.
Is the source of information clearly No. I had to dig and dig to find
stated? sources. Disappointed to find
Wikipedia…
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Does the site include advertising? If No. Only advertising for the Pinky
so, does this affect the reliability of Show (donations, merchandise.) If
the information? anything this increases the reliability
of the information ,at least on the
surface.
Comprehensiveness
Does the content meet your Good as an additional, but not main,
research needs? source.
Does the content cover a specific Covers a lot of topics, generally
period or an aspect of the topic — or anti-establishment. (i.e. Joke on
is it comprehensive? main page)
Do you need to find additional Absolutely.
sources to add to the information
provided?
Currency
If it matters to your topic, has the Yes, it is updated regularly.
site been updated recently?
Links
Are links to other sources provided? Yes. Have to search for them
though. Under the title ”Fight” and
subheading “Special” (huh?)
Do the links work? Yes.
Are they useful? Yes.
My Rating of This Web Site
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Not authoritative at all Highly authoritative
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