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In this activity, you will be tasked with visiting a known hoax website as well as two legitimate
websites and gauging their credibility based on various criteria.
This information must be completed by EACH student and uploaded onto each students
weebly.com website.
Task #1: Evaluating a Hoax
The following websites are known hoax websites created for the intended purpose of testing
how well individuals can assess the validity of internet sources.
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
http://www.dhmo.org/
Choose one of the two websites and complete the following table:
Read the following statements and determine the credibility of the website
Author
Yes
Yes
No
No
Is there an editor?
No
Publisher
Is it obvious who published the site?
Could they have an agenda in published the information?
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intended Audience
Are you the intended audience of this website?
No
Quality of Information
Is the information that is published timely?
Yes
Yes
No
Using a manner similar to what you did with step one, evaluate the credibility of the two
websites. Answer the questions below:
1. What is the first website you chose? Regarding the website and its usefulness in
researching a particular topic, do you believe the website is credible? You must discuss
your answer in complete sentences and give sufficient justification for your argument to
receive credit.
The first website I chose was
http://www.uwhealth.org/nutrition-diet/the-reality-behind-gluten-free-diets/31084. I
believe this website is credible, because the website included sources for their
information. These sources are also reputable and free of bias. The author of this
website used no grammatical or spelling errors and used high level vocabulary to relate
to the topic. Information from scientists and the research they conducted were included
to support the particular topic. The information was very well organized and timely.
These factors led me to believe that this website is credible.
2. What is the second website you chose? Regarding the website and its usefulness in
researching a particular topic, do you believe the website is credible? You must discuss
your answer in complete sentences and give sufficient justification for your argument to
receive credit.
The second website I chose was
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-transgen
ic-crops-and-732. I believe this website is credible, because it has the authors name and
the articles sources listed. The website is also very useful for scientific information, since
it includes statistics and tables. In addition, there is information from a wide range of
sources. The author of the website had no grammatical or spelling errors anywhere in
the article. The article was well organized and included high level vocabulary along with
scientific research. These factors led me to believe that this website is credible just like
the previous one.