- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc (1 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0805831231
- ISBN-13: 978-0805831238
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 17.8 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,110,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Web Wisdom" is an essential reference for anyone needing to evaluate or establish information quality on the World Wide Web. The book includes easy to use checklists for step-by-step quality evaluations of virtually any Web page. The checklists can also be used by Web authors to help them ensure quality information on their pages. In addition, "Web Wisdom" addresses other important issues, such as understanding the ways that advertising and sponsorship may affect the quality of Web information. It features: a detailed discussion of the items involved in evaluating Web information; checklists tailored to the creation and evaluation of specific Web page types (advocacy, business, informational, news, personal, entertainment); over 40 screen captures illustrating the principles presented in the book; discussion of copyright issues and meta tags; and, a glossary of terms and bibliography.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The authors have done a great job of providing criteria, explanations and examples for web users who wish to evaluate information on the web. We all know there is a ton of stuff out there, much of it bad or biased. Now we know how to tell the wheat from the chaff. Individual web users will want to have the book handy when looking for consumer, health, business, or other kinds of data on the web. Teachers may want to require it as a text or supplemental reading in courses which involve web user. Students who include information found on the web in their research can use this guide to determine the quality, currency and objectivity of web sites. This book fills a gap in the literature. Nicely written. Easy to read. Great gift idea.
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Great for individual web users, students and teachers!
21 April 1999
Format:Hardcover
The authors have done a great job of providing criteria, explanations and examples for web users who wish to evaluate information on the web. We all know there is a ton of stuff out there, much of it bad or biased. Now we know how to tell the wheat from the chaff. Individual web users will want to have the book handy when looking for consumer, health, business, or other kinds of data on the web. Teachers may want to require it as a text or supplemental reading in courses which involve web user. Students who include information found on the web in their research can use this guide to determine the quality, currency and objectivity of web sites. This book fills a gap in the literature. Nicely written. Easy to read. Great gift idea.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Earning respect on the Net
5 Jan 2002
Format:Hardcover
This book is an in-depth analysis of the factors that make a Website believable. The authors, two librarians, examine numerous aspects of Websites and point out how they can be used to evaluate sites as trustworthy sources of information or goods. They begin with 5 traditional evaluation criteria: authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and intended audience, and give examples of how these criteria apply to Websites. They also extend these criteria with evaluation measures that are specific to the medium. They then apply the evaluation criteria to different types of Websites: advocacy, business, informational, news, personal, and entertainment pages. This book is a must-have for libraries and researchers. It would also be very useful for serious Web designers who want to understand what kinds of design factors will bring credibility and respect to their Websites.
Great for individual web users, students and teachers!
21 April 1999
Format:Paperback
The authors have done a great job of providing criteria, explanations and examples for web users who wish to evaluate information found on the web. We all know there is a ton of stuff out there, much of it bad or biased. Now we know how to tell the wheat from the chaff. Individual web users will want to have this book handy when looking for consumer, health, business or other kinds of data on the web. Teachers may want to require it as a text or supplemental reading in courses which involve web use. Students who include information found on the web in their research can use this guide to determine the quality, currency and objectivity of web sites. This book fills a gap in the literature. Nicely written. Easy to read. Great gift idea.
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