2. Criteria
• Currency: how up to date the information is.
• Relevance: whether or not the information
pertains to the intended audience.
• Authority: who has created the website.
• Accuracy: how accurate the information is and
where it comes from.
• Purpose: are there any biases in the website?
3. Currency
• One of the pieces of information on the cover
page (video) was published January 17, 2011
• There is no evidence of any updates to the site
• It is completely out of date
• The links are functional
4. Relevance
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Information is completely irrelevant
A history class
The information is completely inappropriate
This won’t be a good website to use for any
academic purpose.
5. Authority
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The author is Stormfront
Part of a “white power” group
Author is not a teacher of any kind
No contact information
Information is posted in a blog format
The author’s affiliation contradicts the
purpose of the website.
• The .org url tells that it is a nonprofit website
6. Accuracy
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Information comes from some sources like
Some original sources are listed
Can’t verify any of the sources
Tone seems biased
There are many spelling errors
7. Purpose
• Possible biases could be to dissuade people
from supporting Martin Luther King
• There aren’t any ads on the website
• The real purpose is not stated directly
• There are definitely ideological biases
