Ross, S. T. (1990) Netiquette, retrieved August 1 2008 from http://www.albion.com/netiquette/
The purpose of this site is to inform people of the netiquette guidelines as well as keep up to date with the issues of Netiquette. It provides information on what netiquette is, a quiz to test your netiquette knowledge, and a netiquette mailing list for those that want to discuss issues relating to netiquette. The site is created by albion.com, which provides a range of information on how to use the Internet safely and correctly. There is a link that gives information on the author of the site. He is a qualified in the area of Internet security. His qualifications and experience demonstrated that the page is a reliable and academic source. The information does not seem to be biased. The information is quite factual with an opinion in the introduction. There was no other sites that were linked to this site, therefore it has not been recognised by other sites. The one downfall of the site is that the information is not as current as other sites. It was created in 1990 and copyrighted until 2006. There is nowhere on the page where it states when it has last been updated and therefore it may not have been changed since 1990.
Compare your final analysis and annotation with the material you saved for the last task, and think about these questions (you may wish to discuss these questions in your group)
in terms of your own future use, which 'body ' of information (ie. the original 'snapshot' of the site, or your own, annotated, analytical version) would be most useful to refer back to?
For the use of the assignment I would refer to the snapshot and the information that I had done for the previous task. The information included in the summary gave more detail on the actual content of the site and how I could use it for my assignment. Whereas the annotation was more of a general overview of the website. By looking back to the information from the previous task I did not have to look very far to find the information that needed. With the annotation it still required me to go and look at the website and search through the content.
In term of external users (i.e. if you included this site as a hyperlink or resource on a website) which body of information would best help them judge if the site was useful or of interest to them?
The annotation would be best suited to external users because it gives a general overview of what the site is about. It provides information on what content is included in the site, how reliable it is, and what they might be able to use the site for. If viewed the summary from my previous task then they would only get a small snapshot into what was in the website. As a result they do not get a true indication of the purpose and content of the site.
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