Analysis of Sources Used

Analysis of Resources

I used a wide range of sources throughout my presentation, including opinionated and non-opinionated websites, and cartoons. Websites I used that were legitimate and official, included Oxford Journals, NCBI, EuroStemCell, TechNYou and PerthNow. Oxford Journals and TechNYou were used for my general information and understanding of the topic. They produced unbiased facts, pictures and information I used mostly in my first submission. I can believe their accuracy of information and legitimacy because one of the websites is under the Oxford University and the they are both officially sponsored sites. Oxford Journals gave extremely in depth information as opposed to TechNYou. As such, TechNYou was easier to understand, due to the fact that Oxford Journals used very formal language and terms that I have not come across.

The argumentative sites I used included ODEC, EuroStemCell, Perthnow, Bootstrike, and a Yahoo Voices page. All were written by the sites themselves, except for the Yahoo Voices page, which was written by an individual named Adam Doran, who was apparently a police officer from Kansas. All websites had arguments for both sides, except Bootstrike and Yahoo Voices, which were both 'for' arguments. I found that Bootstrike was very biased and some arguments were not factual, rather opinionated. The Yahoo Voices page was also quite opinionated. These sites were accurate, as I compared them to the official sites, but possibly not as reliable, example being the Yahoo Voices page, and how it is too one sided.

I also used two cartoons that the ODEC website had listed, and although not listing the source, seemed to be from a newspaper. The cartoons were reliable, but biased against the use of embryonic stem cells, they are also easy to understand. They conveyed a strong message, especially with the use of an unborn baby, not sure whether it will grow out or not.