Thursday, July 16, 2015

Evaluation of Social Media

Source 1
Five changes can make H5N1 virus transmit among mammals, study finds

Credibility: Strong it is a news outlet
Location: Worldwide, people are not directly affected
Network: Twitter, Facebook
Content: Description of major changes to the H5N1 virus that can help make it less volatile
Contextual Updates: None
Age: Not too old the author has her own twitter where she posts her stories so it has even more credibility

Source 2
Bird flu study 'sounds the alarm' on strain’s pandemic potential

Credibility: Credible it is written by a Global Health Reporter so she knows her stuff
Location: China
Network: New Site
Content: Increasing the awareness of the H5N1 virus and how it is spreading and becoming more prevalent.
Contextual Updates: None
Age: The credibility of the author allows it so that the age isn't to relevant

1 comment:

  1. Too brief and contains a lot of grammatical/spelling errors.

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