E-shopping activity was fun and interesting as I could browse through the products that I like and look up about them. Normally I will use g-market but I went to Amazon and eBay this as I wish to try them .I will prefer Amazon over eBay as they have a wider variety of products compared to eBay. However, Amazon is in USD, which is a hassle as I have to convert them before knowing the actual prices. Besides that ,Amazon has customer reviews which allow me know if their products can be trusted, they also have product recommendation which helps us find similar product. Sometimes they even have packages for the products which make them come in set and at a reasonable price. Overall, Amazon has a better interface and provides more information compared to eBay.
Yes i do think there is a need for researchers to know the different purposes of the websites. This will help the researcher to know if their resource is reliable and correct. It will also help them to find the specific information they needed. For example, if the researcher wants to find information on health, WHO (World Health Organisation) will be a place for facts and information they need. And if they enter a personal blog website for facts about health, the reliability of information will be questionable, which they have to look up on the author's information.
For the research on my topic, Impact and implications of human organ transplants, I found website on Singapore Human Organ Transplant Act(HOTA) which was helpful in letting me understand the topic as it gives that facts I needed for my topic.
I found this advocacy website called Greenpeace international. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en the website is totally different from the shopping websites:
1. On their homepage, the Greenpeace international display their activities which show what they do giving people a basic idea of what the website is about. On the other hand, Amazon’s home page shows advertisement on the products and product prices.
2. The advocacy site tries to create a public opinion through campaigns and membership and thus gaining support from people, while Amazon‘s membership is meant for buying products and also having a personalised recommendation.
3. The advocacy site is promoting a cause and actively promotes people to join their organisation, while Amazon is promoting their product and services.
The most meaningful lesson I had learnt from practical 1 and 2 will be the different purposes of internet resource and types of internet resource. I get to know about internet resources like FTP (file transfer protocol) and, Databases and many more .As for the purposes, advocacy was a new term for me which was quite interesting. I get to know what advocacy does and thus giving me more awareness of websites’ influences in future.
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