What's Real and How do you Know?
One of the biggest problems and challenges of the web is
figuring out what to believe. After all, almost anyone can put up a web
site-- so how are you supposed to know which ones are "real" or "credible?"
Consider the following sites:
Write a page or so (bring it to the next class) that tries
to answer these questions:
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Which of these sites are real and which ones are fake?
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How do you know which sites are fake?
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Are there any of these sites that are "sort of" fake, or
"sort of" real?
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For the sites that are fake: what sorts of stylistic (or
other) things do these sites do to make readers think they might be real?
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For the sites that are real: what sorts of stylistic (or
other) things do these sites do to make the readers think they might be
fake?
To learn more about this sort of thing, you might want to
check out Keith Stanger's
Evaluating Internet Sources page.