Choose a Web site related to your research focus to analyze for this activity, which appears on page 158 in FieldWorking. Sunstein and Chiseri-Strater argue that some Web sites are online communities, with gatekeepers, rituals, and rules of behavior. Other sites might seem merely to provide information, but pay attention to how language is used. For example, a Web site devoted to an Art History academic community might use language differently from one devoted to Computer Science: They might use specialized terminology; they might limit the site's discussions to certain topics; or they might present information in a way that assumes that all visitors to the site are members of that academic discipline.
Read through Box 15 to get a fuller idea of how to analyze and evaluate potential Web sites. In addition, notice whether the site is a .edu, .com, .org, .mil., .gov, or .net. Who is the author of the site? How credible is this person or organization? Has the site been updated recently? How does the arrangement and design affect the usability and overall experience of the site?
Shannon's post:
ReplyDeletehttp://public.wsu.edu/~taflinge/sex.html
This website is written by a professor with a PhD. It was created and put up in 1996; while that may seem like a old source, the information is still very true to date and quite useful. As a website, it gives very good examples that are memorable and ideal. The information discusses how sex in the media and advertisements is literally everywhere! No matter what your looking to buy or just viewing as a consumer, sex is most likely going to be a way to push the product. I am very glad I found this source because it has great statistics and will be an asset when writing my next paper. Realistically, sex sells and as sad as that is it's the truth.
I chose the website http://www.veganhealth.org/. This is one of my personal favorite health sites because I feel like I can trust the information. The site is maintained by Jack Norris. Jack is a registered Dietitian.He earned a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Life University (Marietta, GA) in 2000 and finished his dietetic internship at Georgia State University in 2001.
ReplyDeletehe is also President and co-founder of Vegan Outreach, which is one of the better known vegan promotion groups in the United States. This website is primarily a trusted place for vegans to obtain information about having a healthy vegan diet. I also like that he puts a lot of emphasis on the important nutrients that some vegans may be at risk for lacking if they aren't eating the right foods. He is the author of the book, "B-12: Are You Getting Enough?"
The website has a nice lay out that is easy to navigate and straight forward. It covers a variety of vitamins and minerals and provides the daily recommendation, why it is important, and what foods to eat for each one. It also contains information about vegan children & pregnancy, raw foodism, sports nutrition, research on vegans, and disease prevention. All of the information on the website has citations and studies to support the topic. I check this website every few weeks and I have personally noticed updates to the site, but I could not find for sure when the last update was.
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.chop.edu/service/vaccine-education-center/home.html
ReplyDeleteThis website is kept up to date by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Vaccine Education Center. The website was started in 1996, and was last reviewed in 2010. It provides information on how vaccines have gotten rid of diseases. There is information on each vaccine, and when the vaccine should be given. Educational material on vaccines is also included in this website.
http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/11/PovertyInAmerica
DeleteThis website is a column written by Walter Williams. Williams has a PhD and is currently a professor at George mason University. There is information about the minority poverty rate in America. It lightly touches on both African American historical struggles and basic economics.
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/105054
ReplyDeleteThis is the U.S. General Services Administration website. This webpage is the Employee Relocation Management Policy. This page is managed by Pamela Silvis-Zelasko who is the programs analysts for the US General Services Administration. This webpage has a lot of information about the regulations associated with corporate relocation of government agencies. I think that in my paper, it would be interesting to see the difference in the relocation policies in private and public industries.
http://usgenweb.org/index.shtml
ReplyDeleteThis website is called the USGEN Web Project. This website brings genealogy records nationwide all together on one website. It is a non-profit organization ran by Sherri Bradley. The website has tutorials, step-by-step instructions, and links to other website on how to research family history.
http://www.patientprovidercommunication.org/index.cfm/article_9.htm
ReplyDeleteThis website is updated by the PPC, Patient Provider Communication. It was last updated in 2010. The website gives examples of how the nurses communicate and how they study it.
http://www.weddingzone.net/px-tr005.htm
ReplyDeleteThis website is called Wedding Zone and has a plethora of information on different types of weddings. The copyright is from 2010. It is easy to navigate with links to where one might need to go. Although there are not a lot of bells and whistles, this website has what it needs to get the job done. I can easily see who the author is and through further research I found the author, Kitty Ariza, globally researched wedding traditions and has been in the field for ten years.
http://www.marchofdimes.com/pregnancy/alcohol_illicitdrug.html
ReplyDeletehttp://www.acde.org/parent/Pregnant.htm
Both of these websites are based upon information given from organizations that promote awareness of the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse during pregnancy. Both the March of Dimes and American Council for Drug Education's websites were created with information from doctors with PhD's in Pediatrics. For the March of Dimes website, it was updated in 2011. On the other hand, the Drug Education's website was copyrighted in 1999, and has since been updated with new information regarding drug and alcohol use during pregnancy and the effects on the fetus.
http://www.stophazing.org/fraternity_hazing/index.htm
ReplyDeleteThis website is called Stop Hazing and is intended to provide visitors of the page with information about some examples of hazing that have gone wrong. The website was created by Rainstorm consulting, a prestegious website creating and domain-name selling company. The website was last updated in 2010.
http://www.ahd.com/
ReplyDeleteThis website is named and ran by the American Hospital Directory. It allows you to view any hospital nationwide and more specifically their statistics. The items you can find information on range anywhere from the number of patient beds to revenue. This site is credible due to the fact it is run by the American Hospital Directory and was quoted by RN Leatrice Ford as "the most comprehensive yet easy to use resource I've found in my 13 years of experience in healthcare data." This site was last updated on January 23, 2012 by the American Hospital Directory Inc.
http://www.latinworld.com/
ReplyDeleteThis website is a tri-lingual directory of Internet resources on Latin America and the Caribbean. Includes a search engine. LatinWorld is focused on providing insight into what is happening across different countries in the region. The website has a special focus on Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama and the Caribbean. The website was originally launched back in 1995.
http://www.library.yale.edu/latinamerica/internet.html#Guide and http://www.scielo.org/php/index.php
Both websites provide access to full text articles from scholarly journals from Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico and other Latin American countries.
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ReplyDeleteThis is Stephanie's post:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
This website as a whole presents interesting ideas all pertaining to the topics of technology, entertainment, and design. It is also a nonprofit program. These talks began in 1984 but since then some of the topics have spread beyond the three topics listed above. There are many speakers who have vital ideas that could change how we view life or even just our attitudes on certain subjects and they wish to spread to anyone who wishes to watch. It is continually updated and has been for many years.
The website itself is easy to navigate but if you are searching for a specific video it may by somewhat difficult. Since there are ‘normal, everyday people’ talking, it is easy to relate to them and understand what they are saying and the points they are trying to make. Each video also offers viewers to comment and start conversation threads. There is also a list of other videos with related themes or related tags, which I think is convenient.
Depending on the video watched, some of them could be seen as biased. This video in particular could be seen that way. It explains how children’s creativity is weakened and is not supported, as it should be. There are some particular schools that support all forms of creativity but those are drastically outweighed by the many other schools that do not.
Tori's post:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nursingworld.com
The website I chose is the website for the American Nurses Association. The website is an accessible organizational site for nurses and nursing majors. The site offers resources on careers in the nursing field, career building, ethics and practice; therefore in a sense it offers an online community for nurses to connect and share resources with one another through private membership but the information and site is still accessible for the general public. The site for the American Nurses Association is presented in a very professional way through the usage of its general layout and the rhetoric used throughout the site. The general public may find some of its resources to be useful, however the main audience is targeted toward nurses and nursing students because of the topics presented on the page and the medical terminology used. Because the website is the center for a nationally recognized and accredited association within the medical field gives it its credibility and the information it provides is guaranteed to be trustworthy. The site is not overseen by one particular as it is an association website, yet it is frequently updated to ensure that it provides its users with the most recent information in the nursing field. The website's last update is from January 2012.
Victoria's post:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/agar.html
This site revolves around biodiversity, biotechnology, genes and the environment. Due to the fact that it is a .org webpage I believe it will be reliable and it kind of does seem like its own little sub culture, at least a whole different community. But many of the words just have to deal with healthcare and many of those aspects of the world. Nicholas Agar is has a Ph.D. and wrote about the topic of Designer babies in 2006, therefore, some of the medical information may be out of date, but most of it should still be able to be used in my paper. My post got deleted before class, so this is my blog post.
Clayton's post:
ReplyDeleteI found the official blog of the US Marine Corps, http://marines.dodlive.mil/about-us/. It is .mil, and seems to be updated about every day. There are several articles that describe the experiences of Marines and that inform the public, or anyone who visits the site, about current missions and news. It also shows some written interviews with Marines. One article and interview I read was about a Marine receiving an award for his performance in combat. Some common terms include “grunt” which is an infantryman, “Semper Fidelis” or “Always Faithful” which is the Marine Corps’ motto, and “pink mist” which is used to describe someone being blown up. It also looked like there was a place for comments, but I am not sure if you have to be a member of some sort to participate in the discussion.
Megan C's post:
ReplyDeleteFebruary 2012
The website I have chosen is http://www.triathlon.org/. The logo, Triathlon and the picture of the Olympic triathlete grabbed my attention first. This website is run by a union of triathletes and there are multiple writers (ITU International Triathlon Union). You may also blog on this site to other members who liked them on Facebook. There are no rules against non-triathletes joining, although most people who written on the page are triathletes sharing their personal stories or articles. The culture has language such as times, results, development, and multisport. The time is defined how quickly you finished these endurance races; the result is improvement on the lead racers, development is allowing you to blog on personal improvements, and multisport allows broad blogs about multiple sports. There are zero gate keepers everyone is allowed to speak their mind about principles and ideals on triathletes, such as nutrition aspects of the race. If I were to expand my search on this sub cultural group of athletes the website gives other links to allow an expansion of opinions and ideas. This website represents multiple triathlon races around the world and even covers the Olympics. The website updates daily with new information about improvements of this sport or subculture. Multiple articles and posts written on the Triathlon blog cover from many newspapers and magazines around the world. This website allows concepts from around the world to communicate in one general area ran by the ITU or the International Triathlon Union. The website may even a be a community to many triathletes.