###### tags: `CDA` # Web search and evaluation ## Google Search ![](https://i.imgur.com/JSOJwfm.png) Prior to this assignment and the readings I had never known how to refine Google Search results for particular concepts and key words. This information is particularly helpful for future purposes when it comes to potential research projects that may come up in future courses. ### Answering the Section Prompts To find the specific amount of times the words "Northeastern University" appear on Wikipedia, one would need to search up: **[site:en.wikipedia.org "Norteastern University"]** Using site:[insert website link] specifies that the result must come from that exact location and using "[insert word]" ensures that the exact word/phrase must be found. This brings up about **4,800** results on the website. --- To find web pages about the skate fish without mention of the phrase “ice rink”, one would need to search up: **[the skate fish -"ice rink"]** In order to prevent the key phrase of ice rink from appearing in the search results, you would need to use "[insert word]" to ensure that the exact word/phrase cannot be found when using the -[insert word] in front of it. --- To see web pages about the Northeastern Huskies from the first day of 2001 through the last day of 2002: **You would need to search up Northeastern Huskies and then click tools to the right side of the search bar to specify the key dates you want to filter from.** ![](https://i.imgur.com/pEOyeeM.png) --- **The Creative Common License "penguin pair" image!** ![](https://i.imgur.com/SSum8r2.png) --- ## Web Credibility https://www.theonion.com/u-n-mysteriously-disappears-after-criticizing-russia-1849574232 THE U.N. DISAPPEARED??? The concern would be atronomically high given the situation had the article not come from The Onion. The Onion has a satire take onto modern day new articles and headings. This parody website pushes forth a motivation to encourage their audience to do more double takes on news that they stumble on. With a goal to diverge from traditional websites, the Onion hopes to provide a new layers of perspective onto their readers. You can read more about the Onion Here: [inside the biggest 'fake news' outlet in the world](https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/the-onion-inside-the-biggest-fake-news-outlet-in-the-world-20170822-gy1chg.html) **Article Analysis** Without prior understanding of the Onion and the website's intentions, people of whom lack *news literacy* may not necessarily understand the satire. In this case, we will be going through [Berkeley Library Resource evaluation sheet](https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/evaluating-resources) to look for the lacking authority and information present. 1. Authority - Who is the author? What is their point of view? In this particular article, there is no author listed so there is no person one can potential quote and background check. Following that same reasoning, it makes it difficult to understand the point of view they could have on the particular situation. --- 2. Purpose - Why was the source created? Who is the intended audience? The source was created with the purpose in order to serve as an "Alert" given the website tags. Under the idea that the article was pushed out as an alert, the audience would imply the general population in hopes of reaching greater numbers. --- 3. Publication & format - Where was it published? In what medium? It was published online on the Onion through a website medium. --- 4. Relevance - How is it relevant to your research? What is its scope? Given the scope of the assignment this particularly relevant! --- 5. Date of publication - When was it written? Has it been updated? It was written on Friday 9/23/2022. It has not been updated since. --- 6. Documentation - Did they cite their sources? Who did they cite? The website did cite FBI special agent Lucas Sanford of whom has no background information online (maybe it's because he's an important figure ;) ) Overall the Onion definitely fits in the description provided in [Joyce Valenza's article](https://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2016/11/26/truth-truthiness-triangulation-and-the-librarian-way-a-news-literacy-toolkit-for-a-post-truth-world/) of a Satirical Website. With the Onion's comical and sometimes outwardly absurd spin on news articles, it surely creates potential for virality. ## Wikipedia Evaluation Regarding the claims of verifiability present through Wikipedias terms, the information regarding the World Wide Web Consortium and the bestselling book appear to not be quoted in the references section. Or if it had appeared in the references, the information came directly from the the source or "self-published" making it not necessarily Wikipedia reliable. In order to make the page more reliable, it would be helpful to apply more references outside of the personal self applied source. According to Wikipedia history, the webpage goes back to August 1, 2011.