Worksheet for Evaluating Websites

Your role: Authority/Credibility Specialist Bias/Purpose Specialist

Content Specialist

Usability/Design Specialist

Site name and URL Site #1 American -

Strengths Understandable with consistent site. Owned source Simple but informative Encourages the browsers to stop smoking (health advocate)

Weaknesses

Rank

Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation URL http://www.nosmoke.org/

not that comprehensive, nothing unique; features come from personal sharing of contributors. - Limited pages - bias for nonsmokers - with dull pages, limited colors

Site #2 American Lung

2 Links of other sites related to topics are open for browsing. Simple and understandable Graphics, arts and buttons are very much connected to its advocacy. Anyone who sees it will eventually know the topic they are proposing. Hard to navigate topics due to other pop-ups. Powered by other web host (Convio) Not that comprehensive, pop-up ads that destruct the attention of the browser in terms of the content.

Association (Tobacco Control section)

URL)

http://www.lungusa.org/

User-friendly especially to young people. Well-defined colors

Site #3 Tobacco or Health

(World Health Organization)

URLhttp://www.who.int/toh/

Reliable site Covers most if not all, there is a smoking and tobacco illnesses, prevention and programs Very much comprehensive Update topics Links are excellent Specific content Owned source User-friendly

Limited to links For students: super formal

In one or two sentences, defend your choice for the #1 site related to the criteria you were assigned: All the necessary information and topics are in the given website and user-friendly.

NAME Cheryl B. Cajulao Leilani Baraquel Yolly Fampulme Laylani D. Usop

ROLE Authority/Credibility Specialist Content Specialist Bias/Purpose Specialist Usability/Design Specialist