Web Wisdom: How to Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web

The continuing growth of the World Wide Web has revolutionized modern life.From changing how humans interact at a social level, conduct business, consume media, purchase products and so much more, it has become a vital but complex part of our daily lives.This new edition demonstrates how to adapt and apply the five core traditional evaluation criteria - authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency and coverage - to the modern-day web environment plus its application to the everchanging future. This book investigates key issues that users and creators of web resources need to know regarding reliable and useful information on the internet.Web Wisdom: How to Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web contains information on copyright, trademarks and issues with web authoring, social media, computer-generated text and a full reading list.Written in a straightforward and accessible format, this fourth edition provides critical evaluation techniques and tools to enhance web-based resea