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I chose an
article called "6 Meals We Would
Never Enjoy The Same Way Again If Bees Disappeared" which was written
by a source called the Huffington Post. This article discusses the issue of
decrease in pollination and how it will affect our meals in years to come. The
author of this post was not specified and was labeled only as a Huffington Post
article. The Huffington Post is known for its news, blogs, and articles posted
about various subjects. It has recently
been under the microscope for producing content that included slanted stories,
un-cited photographs, and not using credible sources for their articles. It
currently allows users to suggest corrections for an article that is then
reviewed by the Huffington Post. Before 2013, users were allowed to alter
content, which made them a less credible source since it was not controlled.
Now if there are changes made, you can see the updates in a timeline so you can
make your own judgments on the information at hand. According to one of our
Module 3 resources, “Criteria to Evaluate
the Credibility of WWW Resources”, it states “developing a keen sense of
the credibility of sources, based on such clues as connection of author to the
subject, audience, source of publication, and documentation of supporting
evidence, can also help you evaluate print and other types of sources”
(Montecino 1998). It is important for us
as the consumer to look for those clues, based on what I found the Huffington Post
is lacking in a lot of these areas. As web publishing continues to grow, the
use these clues is going to become even more important.
