I think Citizen Journalism is a good way for people to share opinions of a certain topics online. This is an interesting thing to either read or reflect of what they see and share it online. Besides watching the news or read on an article, readers can also read opinions from other citizens especially students from their blog or their own domain websites. An advantage of this is that students can interact with the people who have read their blogs and they can comment it based on what they have read. Not only commenting but they can give wonderful feedbacks or suggestions too.
We were assigned to form a group of 5 to 6 to evaluate Stomp.com based on Purpose, Coverage, Authority, Accuracy and Currency. For the first time in EIR lesson, we evaluate Stomp.com as a group. Each of us gave an interesting comments about the website. We just picked the best comment and put it in a table. As usual, different groups have different types of answer when asked by our tutor. It is interesting when come to a group work. :)
Now, I would like to evaluate the website based on Purpose and Currency of the website. In my opinion after browsing and reading Stomp.com, I think that the purpose of this website is to let other people know what have just happened to the surrounding which are not based on the local news on TV as well as a news article. Most of the contents are based on what others have seen and posted it on the website. The currency of the website is always new and updated. You can see it by looking at the date posted and most of the contents are posted everyday with different kind of news and pictures taken in Singapore or from other countries.
If I were to create my own Stomp based on my topics, "Trends in Spending Habits of Youth", I will make sure that there will be a useful informations and helpline for those who really need it. Maybe, I will add on a quote from other's reference to my website.
I will also ensure that my website will always be updated with current informations based on the reference. I will make sure that every week, I will post on tips on how to spend wisely for the youth. It will include the website or advert on sales so that youth can know where and what is the sale is all about.
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