1. 1.
For checking accuracy of
Carolyn Elefant’s article, the first step is to check if she has any factual error on her article. Second, I will
check her article’s references. She references too many different thing, I will
check to are these references are creditable source of reference of not. Next,
I will check to see if she has a work cited, or if she has written references
or link for the references that she makes. I probably going to Google those references
and some of the main statement and statistics that she uses on her article to make
sure they are verifiable.
2. 2.
I will check the “about us” on her weblog to know
her professionally, and her experience. Is her professionally is relevant to
her article? Is the next question I will look for in order to check the
credibility of her article, and to find out the article is respected to her field
or not. If I could not find any accurate information about her, and the way she
did her research, I will not count her article as a reliable source. For this
matter, I also will check the way an article could be submit in her blog. Does it
need to be refereed?
3. 3.
Yes. Her audiences are knowledgeable
about her subject because they make mention really good point on their comment.
Also one of them is doing a relevant research about the subject.
4. 4.
Not really because the
website is not up-to-date, and she poorly references in her article. Also, I
don’t consider her article comprehensive.
5. The comments show that she has a varied type
of audience. One of them just shares the post without checking about accuracy
of her post and her resources, but the other one wants to know how she comes up
with her information, and check whether they are accurate or not.
I think you did a really good job analyzing this article. I think the comments really added to her article or else I feel it would have been almost totally bias which does not help her credibility what so ever. So basically her article is very opinionated compared to being completely factual. It is hard not to put your two cents in as a writer but at the same time in order to be a good source the author needs to establish their own credibility before they try to discredit an idea or give their opinion on the idea.
ReplyDeleteVery good catch to see that the post is not very up-to-date! I agree in that she does not provide enough in the matter of her sources to be a credible source. I'm curious if she ever responded to her commenter asking about the source for the one study!
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