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ESH 350 Cardio Phys/Patho Physiology: Websites

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Why evaluate websites

   Anyone can create a web page

  • You don't have to be an expert or have any special knowledge of a topic to publish a webpage or have a website
  • It is easy to make up credentials

   Anything can be said on a website

  • A website can be published without any fact checking or peer-review
  • Websites remain on the web indefinitely and are not necessarily removed when the information they contain is no longer up to date

    A website can be created for any purpose

  • For recreation or entertainment
  • To disseminate propaganda
  • To sell a product or persuade 

   The top of the list isn't necessarily the best of the list

  • Google and other search engines use location/frequency methods to determine how search results are ordered
  • Things can be done to manipulate where a website ends up on results list

   Google and other search engines do not censor or police

  • Websites may be offensive, inflammatory
  • It is your responsibility to think critically about what you find on the internet

 

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