Practical 1&2 Reflection

It's aiman here again! Well, there were two e-shopping task that we were supposed to do. The first one was that, we were given $500 to go an online shopping spree. Well of course it wasn't a real one. The second task, was doing e-shopping on second life. I have posted pictures on both task that i have done earlier, so feel free to take a look at my e-shopping experience!

Why do you think there is a need for researchers to know the different purposes of websites?

It is important for researchers to know the different purposes as different websites could give different type of information that the researcher is searching for. For example, if the researcher was to look for a website that offers latest news or information, the researcher would have to know that he/she is finding for a news website, and not advocacy or business or entertainment.

An advocacy website that i found was http://www.greenpeace.org/international/ . Three main differences between this site and www.amazon.com , is that firstly, greenpeace website aims to change peoples mindset into helping save the earth while amazon offers products online. Secondly, greenpeace is set up to give information on the latest update of campaigns and causes, while amazon allows users to browse for products they are looking for. Lastly, amazon allows users to make purchases while greenpeace offers users to get involve with the events.

I have learnt that there are many different types of websites in the internet, and one has to know how to differentiate it in order to do their research effectively.

Thanks for reading! (: