Finding Information on the Open Web

The search engine I used for this exercise was Google, mainly because I was interested to see how many credible sources it can find.  I used the search strategy of : internet and change and communication:.gov, .com, edu, .org in separate occasions.

Anonymous "The Internet: Changing the Way We Communicate." nsf.gov National Science Foundation Web. 31 Jul. 2012
I believe this site is credible because first the Authority behind the site which would be the National Science Foundation as well as well as it's Sources where the site gives you addiotnal sources to read from about the subject.

Cerf, Vint. "How The Internet Changed Communication." Forbes.com 24 Oct. 2005. Web.
This article is by a respectable american computer scientist which fall under the Authority category as well as the Purpose for why he wrote this article.  He's letting his readers know how the internet has expanded the idea of communication.


Bargh, John A. McKenna, Katelyn Y.A. "The Internet And Social Life." Yale.edu 2004. Web. 31, Jul. 2012

This article definitely has the Sources in that the authors use a lot of academic sources for their article.  It also covers certain aspects as to how internet has changed communication at a user's personal level.

Olsen, Curtiss. "Communication has changed - Are you ready?" prsa.org Public Relations Society of America. 4 Aug. 2011. Web. 31 Jul. 2012

With this article the Authority which would be PRSA who has won several awards for it's articles in the past.  Also the Timeliness of the article is very recent and can be related to today.

In retrospect, I feel that using .gov and .edu top domain sites could benefit someone who is researching a topic.  In my experience, I feel you end up getting a bit more credible sources compared to .com and .org domain sites.