| http://oncolink.upenn.edu/cancer_news/1994/smoke_media.html |
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accuracy-- This page descibes what will happen on the World Tobacco day
in 1994. It gives references to where you can get more information
about the World Tobacco Day.
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authority--It is a page developed by the University of Pennsylavania Cancer
Center, however no author is given.
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objectivity--They believe the media plays an "important role" in efforts
to control tobacco use. It presents the facts about the World Tobacco
Day.
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currency--This particular page was published in 1994 and is about a World
No Tobacco day that occured in May 1994. The page says it was last
updated on April 2001. However, this particular page's information
does not appear to have changed. The last updated date appears to
apply to the whole site. Therefore, this particular page would be
considered out of date (7 years old).
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coverage--It really doesn't cover much. It is a small article similar
to a press release describing the World Tobacco Day.
Therefore, we wouldn't recommend this site for a research paper.
There isn't much there and it is out of date. |
| http://www.who.int/archives/ntday/ntday96/pk96_3.htm |
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accuracy--There are a lot of statistics given, that are not backed up with
a source.
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authority--Author is not stated, however it is coming off of the World
Health Organization. It is found in the World No Tobacco Day section
of the WHO site.
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objectivity--It is biased against the use of tobacco related products.
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currency -- This page is from 1996
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coverage--It only presents the Anti-smoking opinion.
Therefore, we would not recommend this site as a research site to include
in a paper because no references are given for the statistics. However,
we might find some more appropriate references if we dig further into the
World Health Organization site. |
| http://www.smokingsection.com/issues1.html#smoke |
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accuracy--The author tries to give reasons why statistical studies are
wrong, however, his reasoning is quite radical.
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authority--It is on the Cigar Smoke Web Ring, which is devoted to linking
sites promoting tobacco use. It is written by Joe Dawson, but he
has no credentials.
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objectivity--It is definitely biased towards smoking. The author
states that there is a negative correlation to smoking and cancer.
He believes basically that corrupt scientists are publishing study results
that are untrue.
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currency--It is written in 1994/1995
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coverage--It only covers an extreme For Tobacco Use opinion.
This is definitely the worst site of the three. It definitely shouldn't
be used in a research paper. This guy has no authority on the subject
and presents extreme opinions on the subject. There is foul language
in the site and has many typing errors. |
