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, as well as to its ever-changing 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 and other important issues associated with Web authoring, social media, computer-generated text, and more.Written in a straightforward and accessible format, this fourth edition provides critical evaluation techniques and tools to enhance Web-based research and t