Web Wisdom

How to Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web, Third Edition

By: Marsha Ann Tate

Write A Review

eText | 10 October 2018 | Edition Number 3

At a Glance

Format
ePUB

eText

$139.70

or 4 interest-free payments of $34.92 with

Instant online reading in your Booktopia eTextbook Library *

Why choose an eTextbook?

Instant Access *

Purchase and read your book immediately

Read Aloud

Listen and follow along as Bookshelf reads to you

Study Tools

Built-in study tools like highlights and more

* eTextbooks are not downloadable to your eReader or an app and can be accessed via web browsers only. You must be connected to the internet and have no technical issues with your device or browser that could prevent the eTextbook from operating.

The World Wide Web has undergone tremendous growth since the first edition of Web Wisdom: How to Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web was conceived and written in the mid to late 1990s. The phenomenal global expansion of the internet, together with the increasing sophistication of online technologies and software applications, requires us to be more savvy Web users, especially given the growing complexity of Web-based information. This new edition of Web Wisdom covers key issues that users and creators of Web resources need to know regarding reliable and useful information on the Web, including social media content. Written in a straightforward and accessible format, the book also provides critical evaluation techniques and tools to enhance Web-based research and the creation of high quality content.

Features

Includes checklists comprised of basic questions to ask when evaluating or creating web resources
Provides an expanded discussion of copyright, trademark, and other related issues with specific reference to web authoring
Contains a chapter devoted exclusively to social media applications and their unique evaluation challenges
Presents a new section that addresses the evaluation challenges that are related to combining traditional and social media content
Offers a new section focused on computer-generated text and its allied evaluation challenges
Introduces a revised and expanded companion website that provides a variety of supplemental materials related to the evaluation and creation of web content as well as links to additional examples

This book demonstrates how to adapt and apply the five core traditional evaluation criteria (authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, coverage) originally introduced in the first edition, to the modern-day Web environment.