“Specific Page Title or Article Title” Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?” | "Racism" |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV | Anup Shah |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) Ex: CBC News | Global Issues |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC | |
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010 | 8 August 2010 |
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012 | 3 February 2012 |
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): People that want to end racism and realize that their family or loved ones participate in it attempt to justify it, "Some took Darwin’s theories to imply that since some “races” were more civilized, there must be a biological basis for the difference." |
The article defines racism as, " the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others" this basically says that you can determine what people do and how they act by their skin color. |
The article points out that racism is free speech and people are allowed to say what they want, " people argue that talking about supporting racial discrimination and prejudice is just words and that free speech should allow such views to be aired without restriction" these people feel that their thoughts should not be censored because it is their right to say what they want. |
One major way to justify racism is the location of resources such as the issues in Africa." In most cases ethno-national conflict seems to owe to conflict over land and strategic resources" |
People feel much safer using free speech on the because you cant see them and the feel that they are harder to find, " the World Wide Web is a great proponent for the ideals of free speech, it can also be a breeding ground harboring hatred." |
EX: POV brings together information from a Cambridge conference in which professors of literature examine Twilight's effect on teenagers. Many of the sources cited talk about the negative affect on women that the books have had. The writer then turns around and asks the reader to take a poll, which is noted as not being scientific, to see what the general populance thinks on this issue.
Anup Shah displays several forms of racism and why people think that they are appropriate to use in public. People alwasy attemmpt to justify the situation to make it seem reasonable for why they think that way.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
EX for Author: POV is simply a penname for an anonymous author. It stands for Point of View, and the majority of the articles written on the news cite are simply there to ask the opinion of the reader, and rehash someone else's research.
EX for Site: CBC News is one of the main news associations in Canada, and the purpose seems to be to bring the news to the people. The articles are meant to inspire discussion, not so much force an opinion.
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
EX: Other than keeping a job with the Canadian News, it seems the variety of articles displays a lack of attachment.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
EX: There is a slight bias in the fact that only the negative effects of Twilight are mentioned, not the positive.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
EX: The author uses Cambridge professors in his/her argument, making it stronger, as they are professors of literature.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
EX: I plan to use this source to support my opinion that Twilight has a negative effect on teenagers, and also use it as a jumping off point for other sources, as it has a link to an MSNBC article about this issue.
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