1. What steps would you take to determine whether Elefant's information is accurate?
I would check for the accuracy by checking for errors, checking the references, checking the links, and verifying the information. I would also check for credibility by looking for a list of authors, directors, or editors, checking to see if the site was refereed, checking for grammatical errors, and organized sponsors. I would also look for objectivity, currency, and comprehensiveness.
2. How could you determine whether Elefant is respected in her field?
I would look Elefant up and be sure to check the references she provided in the blog.
3. Is Elefant's blog written for and audience that is knowledgeable about her subjects? How can you tell?
The blog is written for a well informed audience because there is a lot of basic information that is left out. The information is mainly that of what Facebook is and why employers would want to look up a future employers Facebook.
4. Do you think this blog post is a suitable research source? Why or why not?
I think that this blog post is objective and provides both sides by providing the comments. If the comments were not used though, I would say the entire blog post was pretty bias.
5. What insight about this blog post do the comments that accompany it give you?
The comments give a different perspective and different ideas concerning the subject to think about.
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