3. BLOG
• I am a website
• I am a place
• http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/
The Birth of Blogs:
The earliest blogs started in the late 1990s.
Blogs Today:
Over 100 million blogs with more entering the
blogosphere everyday.
The Future of Blogs:
It seems inevitable that blogging will become more
powerful in the future.
4. What is a wiki?
• A website that allows collaborative editing of
its content and structure by its users.
What can wiki do?
• Composing
• Discussing
• Hyperlinking
• Collaborating
Ward Cunningham
What is Wikipedia?
• A free access and open content Internet
encyclopedia.
• A massive online source of information.
• The articles on Wikipedia are written by
volunteers all over the world
• Registered visitors can also edit the contents.
5. Academic source
Authoritative: qualification expertise
Sourced: reference list or bibliography
Peer-reviewed: check accuracy
Objective: examine topic fairly
Written for academics: theoretical side of
a topic
6. How to evaluate information
on the web ?
https://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?q=%E2%80%98Consumer+trust+in
+e-commerce+web+sites:+a+meta-
study&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=77KDVauYK8fV8
gWquZeoCg&ved=0CBoQgQMwAA
https://moz.com/blog/proving-trust-on-the-web
Criteria:
1. Website domain
2. Authors’ background
3. Purpose of the texts
4. Currency of the texts
7. A Contemporary Issue :
• Time:2009
• Belle Gibson
• Claimed to have
various cancers
• Healthy life style
• Successful
wellness guru
After struggling with mass suspense, Belle Gibson finally denied her cancar was
real. The app and recipe book of health was no longer compelling.
8. Action rectified
Peguin:
Never print again
Apple Store:
Undercarriaged
The Media which spoke
highly of Belle Gibson
was also criticized prior
to without properly
checking the fact
9. mpression & Solution
Evitable from being CHEATED:
• No blind worship.
• See a doctor rather than
chasing blogs.
Media responsibility:
• Press: Check before publishing.
• Magazine: Less boasting.
