Blog Post #8

  Fake news isn't necessarily a new subject that's been floating around, especially on the internet. I'm fond of reading satirical articles online from The Onion or military related news subjects on Duffel Blog and sharing them with friends and family when they are appropriate for certain situations. "Some websites were designed to be intentionally misleading. These websites may be parodies, satire, hoaxes, or designed to show students the importance of questioning information found on the web" (Evaluating Internet Resources, n.d.). I have always been weary of what I read online or through any type of bias media postings, but this weeks readings have reminded myself on how to more thoroughly identify and review potentially troublesome websites.

In reviewing a website's credibility I haven't used a specific format in my own personal browsing habits, but I tend to look at the overall look and feel to the information that's being portrayed. There are multiple methods of reviewing a website's validity and I'm not preferable to one method or another, such as The CRAP Test. In The CRAP Test there are a few specific points to look at a website: Currency (how recent information is updated), Reliability (type of information available), Authority (who are the authors), and
Purpose (why a site exists) (Stephens, 2016). It's a good overall method for reviewing a website, but I prefer to use common sense in dealing with a website's credibility and content but that's just me.

Resources
Evaluating Internet Resources. (n.d.). eduscapes. Retrieved from
https://eduscapes.com/tap/topic32.htm
Stephens, S. (2016, December 5). The CRAP Test for Evaluating Websites. [Video].
Colorado Community Colleges Online. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/
Wpjr35uNnWE
The C.R.A.P. Test in action: Websites. [Video]. (2012, August 10). Portland State
University Library. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/lhwB4zQD4XA

Comments

  1. Mrs. Nicole SwensonJune 27, 2018 at 3:43 PM

    Satire definitely has a place in our society, but it's always shocking to me when people refer to satire shows or websites as news sites or use them to prove their facts. Personally I think more people need to be weary of what they read. We need to question it and say, "Is that really true?" Too often people just hear something and spread it as truth. It's so important to instill that sense of weariness to our students so they can educate themselves.

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