When looking into both, This is Reality and America’s Power, my first impression was that Americas Power was set up in a more formal layout. With America’s Power, the site was set up to where the readers come to find out that majority of America’s power sources come from coal and also that coal is the cheapest form of energy. Because it is set up more formally than, This is Reality, it seems more credible. This is reality, is more informal and is not set up as well as it should be. The first page on this site is called “Reality Fly By” and on the page there is nothing but a signup pop-up on the bottom corner. This pushed my first impression to thinking this site is not as credible as America’s Power.
The audience for both of these sites is hard to pinpoint because everyone uses coal for energy. I would say that America’s Power is directing more of its attention to home owners because they have a game on the website that shows where possessions of homeowners energy comes from, for example, they have a washing machine that uses lots of energy which would need coal otherwise it would be a costly wash. This is Reality, is even broader when it comes to the audience because they are just looking for anyone that is willing to read the site and inform them about the bad issues of coal.
Seeing how “America’s Power” is sponsored by the ACCCE, and This is Reality is sponsored by the Alliance for Climate protection, I would have to say that I believe America’s Power seems more credible. I find America’s Power to be more persuasive because in this webpage it shows were all the energy sources come from and how coal is the least expensive. Also, it shows that there has been a ton of money spent trying to clean up the coal plants and the pollutions. I also like the example that talked about either you plug in your car, which is “going green”, or use fossil fuel from other countries, but the problem is either you use coal for the energy for your plug in cars or you pollute the environment with burning fossil fuels.
Hey Brandon,
ReplyDeleteJust because the lay out of Americas Power is more formal and organized does not necessarily mean that it is more credible. Yes the facts may be true about the different uses of coal around the nation but when it comes to honesty about the whole clean coal debate, it hard for me to buy into Americas power platform since it is sponsored by the big wigs of the coal and mining industry.
Brandon,
ReplyDeleteI did not consider that making a more accessible website does make it more credible. I agree that the website was more formal, and now do think it gives more credibility at first sight. However, I think you need to go deeper than first impressions to decide the full credibility of a site. I think you did a good job searching to find the statement about going green by America's Power. I must have over looked it.