Evaluation of Website Credibility Evaluation of Website Credibility Familydoctor.org is a website that offers information on a health related topics and wellness. This website has a domain of .org which means it is operated by an organization. The main purpose of this website is to provide families with information on health related topics and offer wellness information that will benefit all members of the family. This website was chosen based on the fact that many people have families. Anyone who is interested in any health topics and/or wellness can find this site by searching in various search engines, such as Google or yahoo, by typing into the search bar family health or whatever health …show more content…
Ease of Navigation Once on this site, there are headings labeled across the top that will aid in searching for what the site offers. For example, the diseases chosen are in alphabetical order and can be chosen using the first letter of the word. Another example is the headings are set for children, teens and elders. All of the information listed on this site can be printed and used as education or information. All advertisements on this site are clearly marked as advertisement and guidelines are set as to what the advertisements cannot contain. With all of this, browsing on this site is not difficult. Privacy and Security On this site is a simple explanation of the privacy policy with a link to a more extensive privacy policy from the organization that operates this website. It is clearly stated when, what and how personal information is collected and how it is used as well as how cookies are used. The American Academy of Family Physicians is clearly stated as the operator of this site with contact information and other pertinent information. Empirical Evidence Determining the credibility of a website starts with tools that can be used to evaluate the site. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) offers information defining how to evaluate websites credibility. Key factors such as; “Who runs and pays for the website, what the website’s purpose is, Where did the information on the site come from and how is
I believe this site to be a valid one because there is an ample amount of credibility with the standards that they follow and the information is provided by the expertise of many different types of physicians. I really can’t say enough about this site.
a. Does the church have an organized accountability program? If so, what does it look like? Yes. Accountability is done through small groups and various ministries.
Credible websites for new parents could be kids.gov and healthychildren.org. It was a personal choice to include
In the article “A Prescription For Fear,” it describes how WebMD is more likely than MayoClinic.com to lead searchers to a drug and is more likely to advertise pharmaceutical drugs on its site. This is very concerning. When dealing with the Internet, a website’s name often shows its credibility. With a name like WebMD, it is very easy to assume that it would be a trustworthy, credible website. I believe a person looking at
We only have access to or collect information that you voluntarily give us. When you register to this website we ask you to provide certain personal information, including a valid email address, location and username. We may collect additional
Dr. Nail Izenberg, a board-certified pediatrician, founder and chief executive is KidsHeath.org in 1995. He also founded the Nemours Foundation’s Center for Children’s Health Media. He works at Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, and is a professor at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia (KidsHealth, 2016). KidsHealth is affiliated with The Nemours Foundation 's Center for Children 's Health Media which has a web link located at the bottom of their webpage. They work with Cheerios, Merck, Seventeen magazine, the Michael Phelps Foundation, Fit Kids, the American Academy of Family Physicians, Time for Kids, and others to get ideas for them to be able to create messages for kids and families (KidsHealth, 2016). The website has an extensive list of over 100 expert review board members, consisting of physicians, with expertise in various medical fields.
This paper is a written evaluation of three websites that were designed to reach a specific target audience. All three sites' reach their target audience, however they accomplish this in a slightly different way. During this paper, we will discuss the strength and weaknesses of each site, the design criteria used to evaluate them, and how to improve some of the weaknesses associated with each site.
Superman has always been my hero. He displayed hope, courage and strength no matter what the situation. As a nurse who works with many paralyzed patients every day it is my job to give them hope, courage and strength. While researching information for my patients, I used the website http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.4343879/k.D323/Research.htm. The purpose of the website is to offer a variety of information including The Reeves Foundation, research being conducted, statistics and ways to get involved and help. The search engine that was used to locate the website was www.Google.com and the domain was .org. By using this website, I will
In the era we are living in, the internet has become the number one source of information (it is the reason you are reading this by the way). This is due to its convenience and speed. Nowadays you no longer have to rummage through a whole library to get a book on a topic you want; just a click on your computer or phone and you are sorted. The trend is no different when it comes to health matters. It is this tendency that has led to the emergence of consumer health information that helps persons keep their health in check as well as make wise health decisions for them and their families.
The website is clearly marked that it is sponsored by BJC Children’s Hospital in St. Louis and it has their logo at the top of the page. The name of the website is “Childrens MD” and has description of the contributors as all doctor (most MDs and a few PhDs) who are also mothers. There is a list of contributors or authors of the articles with their picture and their profession specialties and affiliations with BJC Children’s Hospital and other hospitals and universities. It has an address, phone number and email address to contact BJC Children’s Hospital in St Louis.
It was not always easy though, I had to dig through many advertisements to find what I was looking for. Many sites attempted to sell their services to me, or to provide information to me about the types of care they offered. However these were not the sites that I was looking for to learn more information, so I turned to government and international organizations for my information. Sources that I used frequently included Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and the National Institute on Aging. These sources all were a great help to my research, providing accurate and ample information for my research.
Recent changes in the media landscape such as the explosion of online information sources have brought changes in credibility judgment online. One of the most notable changes is the shift of responsibility for credibility evaluation to information seekers (Cosenza, Solomon, & Kwon, 2014). When a limited number of authorized institutions such as the news media could do public dissemination of information, information was selected to publish via professional gatekeeping process (Metzger & Flanagin, 2013). Individuals granted trust to the process and believed such institutions to be able to provide reliable information. In recent, however, the Internet has created information-abundant environments in which the gatekeeping process cannot properly
Evans statements were legitimate to the 1970s period, because back then access to the internet was limited for most people. In the 1970s online information serves mainly military and academic purposes, however in contemporary society there are no limitations to online access in most parts of the world. Therefore the Internet and World Wide Web allows anyone to exchange information online without supervision, this primarily questions the credibility of online information.
This memo is being written for the sole purpose of evaluating the variances of information between two diverse websites regarding analogous topics to compare and assess their effectiveness for providing medical information on Breast Cancer to individuals. The websites that have been chosen for assessment are as follows:
Web sites are just like magazines, newspapers, brochures, menus, or even directions on how to make nitroglycerin from house-hold goods, in that they all have to be put together in such a manner that whoever is reading or browsing over it will be able to clearly distinguish this from that. In this sense, a critique of any particular web site will have justification, while carefully considering also that this is an altogether new medium of information exchange. Now, all of this talk of togetherness is actually a general reference to basic design principles, such as color coordination, if color is used, text size, font choice/ style, art integration, accessibility, and just plain and simple design of the page. For