Website Analysis

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Popular Website

http://www.losangelesdodgersonline.com/fernandovalenzuela.php

1. This website provides an overview of Valenzuela’s career including his baseball statistics and honors.

2. The audience is mainly for Dodgers fans. Along the side panel are links to famous dodgers players and there are links to buy season tickets at the bottom of the page.

3. There are few graphics in the article. Most are simply pictures of Valenzuela. They seem to stand-alone and only fill space in the article.

4. The website has very little creditability because at the bottom the page reads, “This site is meant to be a fan site of the Los Angeles Dodgers only”. The information is blatantly biased because it only gives the positive aspect of Valenzuela’s life because that is what Dodger’s fan what to read. Moreover, the bottom has a link for fan’s opinions on topics.

5. Locating creditable sources on the web is difficult. We must read all the information on the article and look for bias before we decide to use the sources. We must simply be cautious when using websites.

6. The main difference between popular and profession sites is that professional sites are either written by an expert or have citations from experts. Moreover, professional sites seem to use a more professional language and appeal to a more professional audience.

Professional Website

http://framework.latimes.com/2011/03/30/fernandomania-the-fernando-valenzuela-years/#/4

1. This website gives an overview of Valenzuela’s career.

2. The audience is targeted is people who are looking to find out more about Valenzuela’s career without doing a lot of reading

3. The graphics are provided to give insight to the text that is below.

4. The credibility is high because a world-known newspaper wrote the article and the photographer and writer are professionals.

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