Practical 3

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Activity 1

1. Study the Internet resources that you have retrieved in Practical 2.

2. Identify the purpose of any FOUR resources. Explain your answers by listing the reasons in the table provided. Reasons provided can be related to the different characteristics of each type of resource.

Listed below are the purposes of resources:
- Information
- Advocacy
- Business/Marketing
- News
- Personal
- Entertainment

Resource 1: http://sobernclean.blogspot.com/

Purpose of Resource: Personal

Reasons: This is a personal blog which contains mainly articles related to alcoholism. It also contains information and articles on how to quit alcohol addiction.


Resource 2: http://www.learn-about-alcoholism.com/

Purpose of Resource: Information

Reasons: It is an online alcoholism information resource containing factual information ranging from the signs and symptoms of alcoholism to an explanation of treatment. Basically it is a informative website containing all one need to know about alcoholism.


Resource 3: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/alcohol/

Purpose of Resource: News

Reasons: It is a section under Medical News Today focussing on Alcohol/Addiction/Illegal Drugs news. It is updated daily and provides information on current events.


Resource 4: http://www.ncaddnj.org/2008/Home/default.asp

Purpose of Resource: Advocacy

Reasons: The NCADD (The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence) is New Jersey’s public information, public policy and community relations functions are the responsibility of the Public Affairs Unit, which is charged with:

• Influencing public policy in the state of New Jersey to establish effective prevention strategies and sufficient treatment services for alcoholics, drug addicted individuals, and their families.
• Increasing the awareness and knowledge of residents, policy makers, and professionals about alcoholism and drug addiction being preventable and treatable diseases.
• Facilitating the establishment and mobilization of a grassroots recovery movement to provide a constituent voice in public policy, to reduce stigma, and to honor and to celebrate the positive experience of recovery.
• Changing societal attitudes and beliefs in order to reduce the stigma associated with these preventable and treatable diseases.

Reflection:

From this practical, I have learnt how to differentiate and identify the different purposes of internet resources as well as compare them. I had some difficulties trying to differentiate the different sources as some of them seems to either fall into many categories or none of the categories. By learning how to differentiate the different purposes of internet resources, I am able to decide which website's information is more reliable and trustworthy, thus helping me a lot.