Evaluating the Reliability and Accuracy of an Online News Source

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EVALUATE A SOURCE
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The Conversation was initiated in Melbourne, Victoria with an aim of providing a critical
understanding of the current affairs as well as the complex issues pertaining currently in the
world. Source evaluation technique implies the CRAAP test involving the evaluation of
currency, reliability, authority, accuracy, and purpose of the source. The topic of the source for
the evaluation is “Rise in globalism doesn’t mean the end for nationalists”.
Currency: The topic is not the current affair and the information provided belongs to the year
2010-2014. The time and date when the content was updated are clearly mentioned as August 11,
2017, 10.59am AEST (Bayram, 2017). The information is sufficient for gaining a basic
understanding.
Reliability: The source information is not free from biases and involves factual information.
Certain links have been provided for the evidence of the fact that are working and not fake.
Authority: The author is mentioned as A. Burcu Bayram whose education and experience is
described briefly. However, no way of contact with the author is given.
Accuracy: The information is somewhere supported by the evidence and it can be verified from
other sources as well. The information is not balanced as it focuses on one side of the topic that
is global citizenship. There is no grammatical or typing error in the source.
Purpose: The purpose of the website is to convey specific information about globalization
(Hjørland, 2012). The domain is ".com" and the website is free from any type of advertisements.
The intended audience of this article is the companies and the general public.
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Reference
 Bayram, A. B., (2017). Rise in globalism doesn’t mean the end for nationalists. [Online]
Theconversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/rise-in-globalism-doesnt-
mean-the-end-for-nationalists-81463 [Accessed on February 14, 2019]
 Hjørland, B., (2012). Methods for evaluating information sources: An annotated
catalogue. Journal of Information Science, 38(3), 258-268.
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