You are bombarded by information all day long. Some from legitimate sources and others with dubious intentions. How do we determine fact from fiction? One way is to go to the source.
So let's begin. Visit this site and put your detective hat on: https://www.minimumwage.com/
For our post:
- Is this a legitimate news source? Why? What are you basing your decision of legitimacy on?
- What organization is supporting this website? Who are they? Does that change your opinion of the information supported by the website?
Do not copy someone else's response. Do your own research.
We have all learned about primary source documents in our history and our english classes. However as we continue to advance in education we are constantly using the internet to do homework, write papers, and through social media, live. The websites we click on are usually the first ones we see or the ones with the most simple breakdown of information. minimumwage.com is an illegitimate source. Without even reading, the appearance tells that this is a blog or a google sites. Some of the articles you can select to read take you to completely different websites or PDF files from other sources. For example, the "Minimum Wage 101" link to the opening image on this homepage takes you to an article by the Employment Politics Institute. Also, an official website about minimum wage would be government run. A more legitimate source, the Department of Labor, has its own minimum wage website (https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/minimumwage). It is important to be informed of who is behind the information we are given. At the bottom of this faulty website is the link to its source, EPI Online (Employment Politics Institute). On that website are similar articles on a more reliable looking feed. Regardless of the source, websites that are not original should not be trusted. We are responsible as digital citizens to be careful online, use parenthetical notations and have a works cited page. It is the consumer's job on the internet to keep it safe for the online community and it all begins with the world at your fingertips.
ReplyDeleteGood research and excellent insight.
DeleteAs I was going through the site I noticed that the website has an http tag, which is normally more secure and trustworthy. Also most sites that are secure and want to keep your information private would have a green padlock like apple, amazon, etc. Therefore this is an indication of a legitimate news source. Organizations like American Enterprise institute and Department of labor are websites to help improve the institutions of American freedom and protect welfare of the nation's workforce. This does not change my opinion of the information supported by the website.
ReplyDeletehttps is more secure than http. The "s" literally stands for secure. Minimumwage.com does have an secure connection so good instincts but we need to look deeper at the sources of the information.
Deletethe domain of minimumwage.com is owned by the same people that own the bottom linked page (https://www.epionline.org/aboutepi/). the website it self is legit in theory ,the website is a window link from epi .the site is just a resouse page it is not a service of any type. so the info may be inaccurate because it is most likely outsourced.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.epionline.org/aboutepi/ is the assocated source ,my opinion has not changed. https://www.epionline.org/aboutepi/ is the admin owner
Good research instincts as well Jackie. But what if the owner of the site links to another site that supports bogus information?
DeleteThis site is illegitimate because this site gives off the appearance to be a blog. Sites that actually discuss profits and wages would most definitely be government run. Meaning it would say ".gov" instead of ".com". The organization supporting this site is Employment Policies Institute (EPI). Which was founded in 1991 as stated in the site. They are researchers who study public policy issues around economy. Based upon this information, my opinion stands in the sense that this site is illegitimate due to the fact that it isn't government run.
ReplyDeleteAppearance is an important element and it should be a clue in your determination. Your instinct to find out the organization supporting the site EPI is the key. Good job.
Deletethe site minimumwage.com is not a legitimate site because its appearance is the first indicator. on the bottom of the site its also supporting EPI, both sites aren't run by the government or well known people who are actually in the economic business. it also says at the top heading "blog".
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