http://www.martinlutherking.org/
The website I chose to analyze is Martin Luther King. This is obvious by the title of the website as well as the moment you encounter the page. The first thing that caught my eye was the big picture of him in the center of the page. They currency of the page has not been kept up. The most recent information posted is from 1998. It appears the information has not been revised or updated, and is considered out of date. Although, the links to the right side of the page, are functional and provide a lot of different information. Some of the other links are irrelevant. There seems to be many different sources used to make this website and many of them are questionable based on the content of the writing.
Some, but not all of the information is relevant to the information one might need to find when researching Martin Luther King. For example the link: “Rap Lyrics.” I think this is unnecessary and shouldn’t be on the site. The audience for this website is students, for the purpose of educating them about Martin Luther King. I know this because of the link at the bottom of the page providing flyers to print out and post around school. I would not use this source for a research paper.
This website was hosted by Stormfront, which is a broadcasting company. This host doesn’t seem very professional or accurate with their information. When you click on the link below they include a listing of the number of their radio station, and what caught me off guard the most was the fact that they are a white nationalist community, yet they have posted and provided this information on Martin Luther King. The URL reveals that the author isn’t a very good source because it ends in “org.”
The information comes from many sources and not a lot of it is supported by evidence. The tone is biased by stating “The King holiday should be repealed.” This is Stormfronts own opinion. Also it seems that the information hasn’t been reviewed for a really long time, and it also hasn’t been referred.
The purpose of the information is to inform people about Martin Luther King. There seems to be a personal bias against him by the things they have posted. For example: “…including kings cries of I’m f---ing for God and I’m not Negro tonight!” I think this is very inappropriate and makes him look like a bad character. I wouldn’t ever use this source for a research paper. The information is not accurate and bias.
1 comment:
Hey Kim, I think you did a good job evaluating this website. You provided those who have not been on this site information and a heads up on its reliability. You showed how this site has not been updated for ten years, and therefore the information is not up to date. I also liked how you brought up the group who organized this website, how they are a white nationalist community and how they are biased in their information. What really surprised me about this site is how they put up that quote and stated that Martin Luther King said that, when really, what we've learned in history books is that he fought for the rights of African Americans, not try to deny that he is one. Great Job on your evaluation!
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