Research Strategies
Lecture Summary
This lectures main points included the internet vs the web and the difference behind them, defining the world wide web, historical perspective of the web, web protocols and web browsers and interface. In the first section discussing the difference between the web and the internet it explained into detail what each of these terms meant. The web being an abstract of information and the internet meaning the largest computer network. I learnt what the WWW was and the different types of protocols that is involved in the WWW including HTTP and URL's. There was a list of browsers and programs to explore different pages of the WWW i.e. http://www.internetexplorer.com/ and a list of shortcuts to make using the internet easier including how to save a web page and also how to print a page.
Workshop Entry
This workshop looked at finding and using web based resources. The task for this week was to analyse two websites and write down a list of clues to why the web page is bogus. The secong part of the task was to analyse a websites name of the Martin Luther King website and write down what i thought the site would be about from the name of the website, then a s i finally looked at the website and looked through the articles i then had to write what i then thought about it.
Activities
1. http://www.haggishunt.scotsman.com/
-Has a haggisclopedia. There is no such thing.
-A haggis is something you eat, not an animal.
-The web cams do not have anything to do with the so called animal it just has pictures of streets, and people walking through them.
-The title gives it away that it is bogus as there is information on the mating season.
1b. www.molossia.org
- There is a message from the P.M staing that he hopes this site is useful and is an invaluable resource
-The navy has rubber boats.
-The sailors look 13
- The coinage looks fake
-The railroads were pictures of toy trains.
2. http://www.martinlutherking.org/
Before visiting the site
a) I am guessing the website is about Martin himself and the history behind his life. I think it would include what he did for the country and what country he was king for.
b) There are no clues. It seems like an organisation that collects moneyfor an organisation that has been created for him.
3. This website doesn't appear to be any sort of an organisation. It is very bias towards MLK and it is very racist. It just provides information on Martin hime self and the lyrics and the book that was written about him.
4. I don't believe a lot that is written on the site. It is all very bias and there is nasty things that has no proof towards it as there aren't many sources provided.
Reading One
'' A Little History of the World Wide Web''
This article discusses the history of the WWW from 1945-1995. Each year informs the reader what important events have occured during important months. For example during Christmas of 1990 Line mode browser/ editor demonstrate. Access is possible to hypertext files, CERNUM 'FIND' and internet new articles.
Reading Two
''History of the Internet of Historians (and just about everything else)''
The second reading involves five chapters that discusses the history of the internet. Chapter 1 talks about the History of the Internet until the 1960's. 2, talks about from ARPANET to the WWW. Chapter 3 discusses the history of the electronic mail (e-mail). Chapter 4 talk s about search engines and the history behind it all. Going into depth on Chapter five Basic net data. This presents data on the number of internet users from December 200- May 2002 from all different countries in the world from USA/Canada to the Middle East. It also discusses hoiw ofetn CONE domains .com, .org, .net, .edu were accessed during 1989-2002. There was also research to find the distribution of the internet usage of males and females throughout the USA, Europe and the rest of the world.
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