Why it is important to evaluate Internet sites?
- Anyone can create and publish a website, regardless of subject expertise or knowledge
- Professional looking sites are easy to create thanks to webpage creation software
- No standards exist to ensure the quality and accuracy of information on a webpage
- No review process for websites like those required for Academic print and electronic resources
- Well-known trustworthy news sites sometime repost blog entries with out their usual fact-checking
- Many websites are created to persuade people by playing on personal bias, fear, or other strong emotions
