...Is Wikipedia a Credible and Valid Source of Information? Management 521 July 25, 2011 Is Wikipedia a Credible and Valid Source of Information? Abstract Team A debated on whether Wikipedia is a credible and valid source of information. The team was divided into two groups, one side for and one side against. Among the five team members only one (the author) sided for Wikipedia as a credible and valid source. The debate lasted for seven days. Great points were raised by each team members to prove what they sided for. Is Wikipedia a credible and valid source of information? Wikipedia is an online source of information; it is the counterpart of Britannica in the modern computer world. “Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us,” according to the study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica by Daniel Terdiman. The modern computer world brought major changes around us; it introduced a modern way of doing research through the evolution of Wikipedia. “If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain” (Stevenson Jr., 1900-1965). “Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, but it is not helpful in many ways. It is uncomfortable to use as source of information for both academic and professional writing because of the fact that anybody with access to the internet...
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...Final Assignment HUM/176 Part 1- You are the chief editor of a large metropolitan daily newspaper. One of your reporters is caught fabricating sources and making up facts. How do you handle the situation, from disciplining the reporter to explaining it to your readers? As the editor there is a responsibility to both journalism and to the public to report accurate news stories. Through this public apology, I the editor assure you the readers that the fabrication of the material of reporter John Doe was not a reflection of the reputation of this newspaper to print misleading false stories and the direct result of the deception caused ABC Newspaper to terminate employment however the reporter wanted to comment on his role in reporting the news. I would like to apologize for misleading the readers of this fine newspaper and to give the main reason for my deception. News is as time sensitive medium. It requires up- to- date reporting. If a person reports a story several days after the event happens; no one will be interested nor be impacted by the story. The purpose of reporting the news is to bring awareness to the people who are impacted by it. The desperation in bringing the story first caused a loss in judgment and ethics. With the increased delivery methods, including newspapers, television, radio, online newspaper web pages, and blogging, It became apparent that to capture the audience I would have to use sensationalistic tactics to do so. These tactics in journalism are...
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...The beginning of the industry The national demand of the public needing and wanting to be informed of local news stories, made William Caxton to set up the first English printing in Westminster in 1476. Oxford Gazette, printed in 1665 became The London Gazette in 1666 11 March 1702 - First daily newspaper named The Daily Courant The Times - first significant national newspaper (founded in1785 as Daily Universal Register) History development of the industry Time 17th 18th 19th 20th 21th What happened? • Pamphlets • First daily • The “golden • Newspapers • Decline of newspapers age” of have the industry newspapers emerged all over the country • News sheets • Sunday papers • First Ads • The format of papers changed • Decline of the industry • Online newspapers become more popular • Posters What the future may hold? Source Data: provided ABC What the future may hold? • It is estimated that newspaper market declined in 2007-2008 with 21% (Source OECD, 2010) What the future may hold? It is apparent that newspapers will no longer be in the format we are all used to seeing, as a hard copy; Hard copies will be replaced by online versions as a way for the industry to cope with the new technologies. What are the opportunities for a mediumsized player? Time spend on newspaper reading in the UK(2008) No time at all 32,3% Less than 0,5 hour 23,0% 0,5 hour to 1 hour 26,3 % More than 1 hour 18,3% Source:...
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...idea is about an online publishing network for new writers, with access to editing services, marketing services, design and branding services. A ‘do-it-yourself’ is the future of publishing. By starting small, working on an initial author as a trial basis, we can discover the intricacies within the markets, using constant research and upgrading the process as technology grows. A channel where writers can find the trustworthy resources they need in one place. Jones Publishing will provide the services by connecting writers with reputable professionals. With so many niches within the writing industry, Jones Publishing will focus on non-fiction writing for young adults and adults in the genres of mystery, thrillers, romance, and science fiction. Being an on-line publishing house, Jones Publishing will invest in the network infrastructure to channel information, a smart front page that will allow for easy use for the clients. Quick access for requested content. Professional outlines to ensure clients the professional nature of the site. Professional look, business minded for the author/artist that doesn’t think in a business sense. We’re a small firm of three with projected contracts in marketing services, editing services, accounting services, agent services etc. The author can focus on what they do best and leave the business side to us. We can connect agent services that will outline book tours, editing services to make the most of what is submitted, and take the finished product...
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...Tester Brilliant, brutal, overwhelming, a con job, those are all words that are being used to describe the new film �Precious,� which is based on the novel �Push� by Sapphire. It tells the story of a 16-year-old black girl living in Harlem in the Reagan years, whose impassive face and huge girth are no mask for the pain she is carrying - the pain of unrelenting physical and sexual abuse at the hands of both parents. But somehow she finds a way to survive. The film produced by entertainment superstars Oprah and Tyler Perry and produced and directed by Lee Daniels, who also produced such provocative films as �Monsters Ball� and �The Woodsman,� has already scooped up awards at various film festivals and been touted as Oscar material. But it has also opened up some difficult conversations about race and poverty, about sexual abuse, and about skin color, even about how black filmmakers portray dark-skinned people. In a few minutes, we'll talk about just how real �Precious� is. How real her story is. We'll talk to a human rights activist who advocates for incarcerated, women many of whom have been victims of exactly the kind of abuse depicted in the film. But first, we're going to talk about some of the cultural conversations being sparked by �Precious.� The online magazine the Root has published a number of pieces related to the film and two of the writers are with us now. Teresa Wiltz is the Roots' senior culture writer and she's also serving as interim managing editor. She's...
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...EXTRA FIELD GROUPS. Name your field groups Blog, Catalog, Directory or anything you want. Extra Field Groups are used as root for your categories. STEP 5. Add EXTRA FIELDS for your extra field groups. Default: Title, Text and Image are the default fields. This could be readily used for your Articles, Blogs or News groups. Add extra field for Directories, Catalogs, and other extra field groups. STEP 6. Add CATEGORIES. Associate extra field group for your categories. You can create categories for your Blog, Catalog or Directory. Configure your desired parameters. STEP 7. Add USER GROUPS. Defaults are Registered and Site Owner. If you want certain user group to be able to add item at the frontend, select yes for FRONT-END ITEM EDITING, yes for ADD ITEMS, yes on how they edit an item: OWN or ALL, and yes for PUBLISH, if you want users to publish their own articles. DO NOT FORGET TO ASSIGN CATEGORIES for your user group. Options are all, none, and select from list. STEP 8. Assign your existing users their own K2 USER GROUP. Set...
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...Assignment 1: Will Technology Save the Publishing Industry? 1. Evaluate the impact of the Internet on newspaper and book publishers using the value chain and competitive forces models. In the past, Internet has had a negative effect on all publishing, including both the newspaper and book industries. Publishing companies have experienced a decline in advertising revenues, circulation, and readership while Internet traffic to online news sites and readership of e-books has grown rapidly (1). Many blame the newspaper and publishing companies themselves, expressing a defect in the companies’ value chain and competitive force models as they relate to the Internet. According to Michael Porter’s value chain model, a company must perform each business activity in the model in the most efficient way possible in order to add value to the company, i.e. maximize shareholder wealth and sustain a competitive advantage (2). Value-adding activities that are vital to the company according to the model are inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, and service. The infrastructure of the company, human resource management, technology development, and procurement are all supporting activities that must be performed efficiently as well (3). In the past, newspaper and book publishing companies have failed at performing these value-adding activities efficiently, leading to minuscule profit margins. Simply put, these companies failed to offer a level of value...
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...EXTRA FIELD GROUPS. Name your field groups Blog, Catalog, Directory or anything you want. Extra Field Groups are used as root for your categories. STEP 5. Add EXTRA FIELDS for your extra field groups. Default: Title, Text and Image are the default fields. This could be readily used for your Articles, Blogs or News groups. Add extra field for Directories, Catalogs, and other extra field groups. STEP 6. Add CATEGORIES. Associate extra field group for your categories. You can create categories for your Blog, Catalog or Directory. Configure your desired parameters. STEP 7. Add USER GROUPS. Defaults are Registered and Site Owner. If you want certain user group to be able to add item at the frontend, select yes for FRONT-END ITEM EDITING, yes for ADD ITEMS, yes on how they edit an item: OWN or ALL, and yes for PUBLISH, if you want users to publish their own articles. DO NOT FORGET TO ASSIGN CATEGORIES for your user group. Options are all, none, and select from list. STEP 8. Assign your existing users their own K2 USER GROUP. Set...
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...enhance, and transform images on a computer. With the advancement in technology, now a huge number of photo editors are available online i.e. there is no need to download photo editing software. There are hundreds of such software available and they all provide almost same functionality. Some basic features of such software are crop, resize, merge, and liquefy, adding texture, changing color and so on. * Adverse Use of Photo Editors * Photo editing can be used to destroy company’s reputation. Edited pictures, with fake results/effects of the product can be used to displease their consumers. * Edited pictures such as attaching someone’s face to someone else’s body can be used to give threats. The victim can be forced that way to provide money to the editor or obey his orders. * Companies can use it for fraud. They might show fake pictures to the customers and convince them to use their products. * Sometimes people use editors to display fake story. That story might get viral over the internet and bring fame/satisfaction to the person who created it. * Photo editors can be used to easily remove the water mark from pictures, documents etc. and steal someone’s work. * Effects of Edited Images on Society * Such images change the mind set of people. Extreme use of editing in fashion industry to show models slim and flawless is making millions of women around the globe mentally frustrated. It is also creating an...
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...IT 237 Week 8 Assignment Website Publishing Process Get Tutorial by Clicking on the link below or Copy Paste Link in Your Browser https://hwguiders.com/downloads/237-week-8-assignment-website-publishing-process/ For More Courses and Exams use this form ( http://hwguiders.com/contact-us/ ) Feel Free to Search your Class through Our Product Categories or From Our Search Bar (http://hwguiders.com/ ) Website Publishing Process Introduction: In this paper, I will give you a step-by-step checklist that outlines the process on how to publish a brand-new Website to a hosting company. I will also give you some examples of different Website hosting company’s as well as reviewing what they have to offer as far as their features and pricing. TO DOWNLOAD COMPLETE TUTORIAL HIT PURCHASE BUTTON IT 237 Week 8 Assignment Website Publishing Process Get Tutorial by Clicking on the link below or Copy Paste Link in Your Browser https://hwguiders.com/downloads/237-week-8-assignment-website-publishing-process/ For More Courses and Exams use this form ( http://hwguiders.com/contact-us/ ) Feel Free to Search your Class through Our Product Categories or From Our Search Bar (http://hwguiders.com/ ) Website Publishing Process Introduction: In this paper, I will give you a step-by-step checklist that outlines the process on how to publish a brand-new Website to a hosting company. I will also give you some examples of different Website hosting company’s as well...
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...you can also save a draft and return at a later time to complete your reply. To do so, click on the Save Draft button in the upper right or lower right corner. You will then be directed back to the discussion thread, and you can view your reply with the word Draft next to it. Example of a Draft in a Discussion Thread © 2015 University of Miami and Laureate Education, Inc. Page 2 of 3 How to Participate in Discussions To open and complete your reply that you saved as a draft, click on the Edit button. Please note that saved drafts can only be seen by the author. Not even instructors can see their students’ saved drafts. As a result, saved drafts will not count as submitted published replies. Example of a Discussion Text Box- Editing a Draft You...
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...default, an edit to an article immediately becomes available. As a result, articles may contain inaccuracies, ideological biases, and nonsensical or irrelevant text until an editor corrects such deficiencies. Different language editions, each under separate administrative control, are free to modify this policy. For example, the German Wikipedia maintains "stable versions" of articles,[28] which have passed certain reviews. Following protracted trials and community discussion, the English Wikipedia introduced the "pending changes" system in December 2012.[29] Under this system, new users' edits to certain controversial or vandalism-prone articles would be "subject to review from an established Wikipedia editor before publication".[30] The editing interface of Wikipedia Review of changes Although changes are not systematically reviewed, the software that powers Wikipedia provides certain tools allowing anyone to review changes made by others....
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...BusLaw Brinkley V. Casey and Big-City Newspaper FACTS Brinkley, a copy editor of the Big-City Newspaper finds a serious error in the headline banner for tomorrows newspaper. Brinkley reports to Casey, the chief editor about the error and its correction. Casey offers Brinkley a $500 bonus payable on her next check. Casey changes his mind about the bonus and tells Brinkley. Brinkley claims she earned the money, that Casey promised. ISSUE Was there an agreement between the two parties supported by consideration? HOLDING No. Casey offered the bonus after the services had been performed. To be a valid agreement, the services would need to be done after the contract was agreed upon. REASONING There was no open-ended contract stating that if any editor found and corrected errors that could save the newspaper legal expenses that the chief editor could offer a bonus. Casey is under no obligation to offer a bonus to Brinkley even if he stated that he would after-the-fact. Brinkley’s error catching and its correction is considered as past performance and has no legal standing for a breach of contract lawsuit. My Opinion Brinkley has no case for a lawsuit. Casey, on the other hand should pay the bonus for moral reasons and employee morale. Casey could change the newspaper’s policy regarding an editor's performance. Court The court would not support Brinkley in the lawsuit due to past consideration. Brinkley’s Attorney If I was the attorney I...
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...spent performing basic computing tasks, freeing users up for more complex problem-solving and idea-generating activities. They also make complex computations easier to perform. Using Macros One of the benefits of macros is that they are easy to create, store and use. Macros record your keystrokes while you work. You can even assign a keyboard button to a macro so that common functions like formatting cells for text, adding formulas to spreadsheets, assigning rows to a target and formatting information into matched columns and rows. Editing Macros Making changes to a macro is as easy as setting one up. Macros aren't static. Once you record them, you can easily alter them to more effectively suit your needs. After you record a macro, you can view, change and correct errors in the code Microsoft wrote for it in Microsoft's Visual Basic Editor. Microsoft offers plenty of in-program help to guide beginners through the process of macro code editing. You'll quickly learn how to copy macros from one spreadsheet to another, share macros between workbooks with multiple users and much more. http://ask.brothersoft.com/what-are-the-advantages-of-excel-macros-197305.html ANSWER 2: T he steps are follows : 1 Make sure you know how to perform each action you want and where to find all the menu options you need to select so you don't have to search for them while recording. 2 Find the macros menu and select the option to record a macro. 3 Name the macro...
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...decision-making information to the user. To accomplish this, the data must be converted into usable information or knowledge. After collecting data through the appropriate method, the task becomes one of ensuring that the data provides meaning and value. Data preparation is the first part of the process of transforming data into useful knowledge. This process involves several steps: (1) data validation, (2) editing and coding, (3) data entry, (4) error detection, and (5) data tabulation. Data analysis follows data preparation and facilitates proper interpretation of the findings. Validation, editing, and coding of survey data. Data validation attempts to determine whether surveys, interviews, or observations were conducted correctly and are free from fraud. In recontacting selected respondents, the researcher asks whether the interview (1) was falsified, (2) was conducted with a qualified respondent, (3) took place in the proper procedural setting, (4) was completed correctly and accurately, and (5) was accomplished in a courteous manner. The editing process involves scanning of interviews or questionnaire responses to determine whether the proper questions were asked, the answers were recorded according to the instructions given, and the screening questions were executed properly, as well as whether open-ended questions were recorded accurately. Once edited, the questionnaires are coded by assigning numerical values to all responses. Coding is the process...
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