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What criteria did you use to evaluate Stomp?
Three criteria used:
1) Accuracy
2) Purpose
3) Coverage
STOMP stands for: Straits Times Online Mobile Print.
Accuracy
STOMP provides e-mail, contact address and phone number and The Straits Time is the standard news resource in Singapore so it is considered as a trustworthy source.
However, the videos and articles posted on STOMP are by the users, most of them amateurs and may not be qualified reporters, therefore, the information may not be reliable or correct in that sense.
Purpose
As I read up on STOMP's purpose in their "About Us" page, STOMP seems to describe itself as a news websites that focuses on connecting citizen through the sharing of "news" information and providing their users with a resource to share their "collected" information.
From there I interpreted their purpose as collecting information and providing normal people with a chance to express their individual view on different topics by writing and reporting current incident in the form of articles.
Although it may be good thing encouraging the citizen to share their knowledge, the downsides are that there may be a loss of privacy for those people in the images and video posted online.
Although it may be good thing encouraging the citizen to share their knowledge, the downsides are that there may be a loss of privacy for those people in the images and video posted online.
Hence in conclusion, there is always the matter of Freedom of Speech vs Intrusion of Privacy. I believe that the users should learn how to have a good balance of both, before posting their articles online.
Coverage
STOMP allows the posting of many different types of articles ranging from World Politics to Celebrity gossip. The site categories the posted articles properly into their respective genres and also will mention well-written or popular articles on their homepage. Their main includes many different types of advertisements as well as the latest "Hot" topics.
Why did you choose these criteria? What lessons have you learnt from this activity?
In my opinion I think that my chosen criteria are the most fundamental rules of judging a website before trusting or taking any information. Therefore, using the chosen criterion I have managed to come to a conclude how reliable a site is in terms of resources and information.
Coverage
STOMP allows the posting of many different types of articles ranging from World Politics to Celebrity gossip. The site categories the posted articles properly into their respective genres and also will mention well-written or popular articles on their homepage. Their main includes many different types of advertisements as well as the latest "Hot" topics.
Why did you choose these criteria? What lessons have you learnt from this activity?
In my opinion I think that my chosen criteria are the most fundamental rules of judging a website before trusting or taking any information. Therefore, using the chosen criterion I have managed to come to a conclude how reliable a site is in terms of resources and information.
From this activity I have learnt that not everything feature on a webpage is trustworthy, and one should learn how to research and compare from different sources rather than believing everything that is said online.
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