Credible Information Debate

Credible Information Debate

Bernice Gimenez, Luis Ramos, Yassisris Latorre,

Fabian Perez and Delayne Santana

University of Phoenix

MGT/521

October, 4, 2012

Dra. Carmen Bonilla

Credible Information Debate

Wikipedia is one of the most popular and visited web sites nowadays, but Does it really mean is a truthful source of researching. Let us analyze first what we need for trusting a web site.

First of all we need to evaluate the web source, especially for two main reasons. The first reason is over abundance of information. In general we have to analyze the quality of the given information because anyone can upload some pieces of information to a web site. The second reason is the absence of a formal regulation to verify the veracity of the information.

There are some criteria to evaluate a web site. Mainly we need to determine who is the author of the article, his or her credentials and qualification, impartiality, style, tone, and the date when the article was written. Using these criteria, as a guide, we can decide if we can use the web page as a source. Besides this, we can look for some hints like if the document has a lot of grammar errors or if it is difficult to determine the source of information.

Sometimes for selecting a right source we need to take into account to whom it is addressed, taking in consideration if we are going to write a paper for children, adults, professional or even investigators. It is also good to analyze if the document has any bibliographical references. It, at least, would give us an idea of the reliability of the source.

On the other hand say, regardless of the number of people that they consult Wikipedia this is not a valid source to be used as a reference in scientific and effective ways. There are people who believe and seek information in Wikipedia is which is a source of information that continuously updated it to make within their items all current...