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Website Analysis
last updated: 10.02.2005

General Remark

Please note that the following questions and possible answers have been selected
for reasons relating to the project’s main objectives and don’t claim completeness
by any means.

Evaluation Criteria

Identification
Accessibility
Authorship
Credentials
Currency
Transparency and Objectivity
Organization and Browsability
Information Design
Interactivity
Networking

Identification

01. What is the title of the source?

02. What is the Internet address of the source?

03. What Internet domain does the site belong to?

01 .ru
02 .ua, .kz., .lt etc. (Successor State of the former Soviet Union)
03 .su
04 .de, .uk etc. (West-European country)
05 .com (Commercial Organization)
06 .edu (Educational Institution)
07 .gov (U.S. Government Institution or Department)
08 .int (International Organization)
09 .net (Networking Organization)
10 .org (Not-for-Profit Organization)
11 other


04. What kind of source is it?

01 Personal Homepage
02 Organizational Homepage
03 Academic Homepage
04 Governmental Homepage
05 Project Homepage
06 Internet / Digital Artwork
07 Newspaper / Magazine
08 Portal
09 Library / Reading Room
10 Museum / Gallery
11 other

05. What topic area(s) does the source belong to?*

01 Computer and Internet
02 Literature
03 Art
04 Entertainment
05 Politics
06 Religion / Philosophy / Esotericism
07 Society
08 Science
09 Cities / Regions / Countries
10 Emigration – Immigration / Diaspora
11 other

06. Are the goals and intentions of the source stated in a Mission
Statement, FAQ etc.?

01 yes
02 no

07. If yes, please provide an executive summary

08. If no, what seems to be the primary purpose of the source?

01 Communication
02 Information
03 Documentation
04 Presentation
05 Interaction
06 Memoration
07 Persuasion
08 Explanation
09 other


09. Is the intended audience of the source stated?

01 yes
02 no

10. If no, who seems to be the intended audience?

11. Is the source part of a network (e.g. webring)?

01 yes
02 no

12. Is the source supported financially or otherwise?

01 yes
02 no

13. If yes, by whom?

01 Politics / State
02 Economy
03 Media
04 Association
05 Private Person
06 Foreign Sponsor

Accessibility

14. Is the entire source public / accessible to anybody?

01 yes
02 no

15. If no, which restrictions exist?

01 Registration (free)
02 Registration (non-free)
03 Personal Recommendation
04 other


16. What language is the source written in?

01 Russian
02 Language spoken in one of the successor states of the former
Soviet Union
03 German
04 English
05 other

17. Has the source been translated?

01 yes
02 no

18. If yes, in what language(s) *

01 Russian
02 Language spoken in one of the successor states of the former
Soviet Union
03 German
04 English
05 other

Authorship

19. What is the name of the operator? (operator can be a single person as well as a
group or organization)

20. Is contact information (name, email, phone number and / or
address) given?

01 yes
02 no

21. If contact information is given, please write it down

22. What country does the operator come from?

01 Russia
02 CIS
03 United States
04 Israel


05 Germany
06 other Western-European Country
07 other
08 not documented

23. Is the operator affiliated with another (reputable) group /
organization etc.?

01 yes
02 no
03 not documented

24. Does the operator of the source mystify his biography (e.g. by using
aliases or by referring to fictional persons, places etc.)?

01 yes
02 no

25. Does the operator have contacts to other persons, groups and / or
organizations related to the topic area of the source?

01 yes
02 no
03 not documented

26. Does the source get supervised by the operator as well as by a
permanent group of authors / editors?

01 yes
02 no

27. If yes, what forms of cooperation are practised? *

01 Editorial Department
02 Editors’ Collective
03 Authors’ Collective
04 Co-Determination of Readers / Users
05 Independent Publication

28. Is the origin, nationality and / or residence of the operator stated?

01 yes
02 no

29. Does the operator follow copyright laws and respect intellectual
property?


01 yes
02 no

30. Does the source consciously refuse values and norms of the ‚offline’-
world? (e.g. communicative conventions, ‘political correctness’)

01 yes
02 no

31. If yes, what net specific values and norms are promoted? *

01 Interactivity
02 De-Hierarchization
03 Hypertextual Organization of Knowledge
04 ‚Anti-Copyright’
05 Open Access to Information
06 Freedom of Expression
07 Grassroots Democracy
08 other

Credentials

32. Has the source been reviewed?

01 yes
02 no

33. If yes, by whom? *

01 Editor / Editorial Department
02 Authors / Colleagues
03 Readers
04 other

34. Is the source linked to a print publication?

01 yes
02 no

35. If yes, what part does the source play?

01 Prototype
02 Copy
03 Excerpt
04 Supplement
05 Electronic archive
06 Communication Forum


07 other

36. Is the operator well regarded / an authority in the topic area
covered by the source?

01 yes
02 no
03 not documented

37. Does the operator deliberately abstain from credentials (e.g.
directories, reviews, organisational support)?

01 yes
02 no

38. Is the Top Level Domain appropriate for the content?

01 yes
02 no

Currency

39. When has the source been published?

40. Is the source updated?

01 yes
02 no

41. If yes, how frequently does this occur?

01 daily
02 weekly
03 monthly
04 less often / not regularly

42. Is the source current for the topic area it is related to?

01 yes
02 no

43. Do the links work?


01 yes
02 no

Transparency and Objectivity

44. Does the operator have a agenda or bias?

01 yes
02 no

45. If yes, is it stated?

01 yes
02 no

46. Does the identity of the operator or sponsor suggest a bias?

01 yes
02 no

47. Are facts reported correctly?

01 yes
02 no
03 not relevant

48. Does the operator support his or her ideas with references (e.g.
footnotes, links, annotations)?

01 yes
02 no
03 not relevant

49. By which style of speech is the source characterised? *

01 objective-neutral
02 positive-negative
03 aggressive / provocative
04 ironic
05 metaphorical
06 emphatic
07 humorous
08 critical
09 other


50. Are there ethnocentric, nationalist, racist, sexist or fundamentalist
expressions?

01 yes
02 no

51. Is the source subject to commercial goals?

01 yes
02 no

Organization and Browsability

52. What categories / columns have been selected in order to structure
the content?

53. How is the content structured? *

01 thematic
02 chronological
03 alphabetical
04 associative
05 hypertextual
06 other

54. Are there different means of orientation / navigation (e.g. Sitemap,
Hypertext, Graded Menu System, Full-Text Search Function)?

01 yes
02 no

55. Is the information obtained by different media?

01 yes
02 no

56. If so, by which ones? *

01 Texts
02 Graphs
03 Sketches
04 Maps
05 Mind Maps
06 Graphics
07 Cartoons


08 Pictographs
09 Photos
10 Animations
11 Audios
12 Videos
13 other

57. What do the images serve for? *

01 Representation
02 Organisation
03 Interpretation
04 Transformation
05 Decoration
06 other

58. Does the designing of the texts / sites contribute to their legibility /
functionality?

01 yes
02 no

59. Is the source easy to navigate?

01 yes
02 no

Information Design

60. What is the design of the source like? *

01 metaphorical
02 use-oriented
03 animating / playful
04 topic-oriented
05 complex / multidimensional
06 narrative
07 artistic
08 other

61. What metaphors / visualizations with regard to the Internet are
used? *

01 Living Thing (Spider, Anthill, Worms)
02 Non-Living Thing (Tool, Device, Machine, Robot)
03 Open Place (Cyberspace, Net, Ocean)
04 Closed Place (Digital City, Library, Market Place)


05 Collectivist Way of being (Spiritual Unity, Noosphere, Sobornost)
06 Individualistic Way of being (Cyber Flaneur, Hacker)
07 other (please note them)
08 none

62. To which pictorial tradition does the source refer? *

01 International / Global Symbols (Logos, Labels, Brands etc.)
02 National Symbols (Arms, Flags etc.)
03 Folklore
04 Ethnic Symbols
05 International / Global Trends and Fashions (Graffiti, Streetart,
Manga etc.)
06 Art Styles and Eras (Art Nouvea, Avant-garde, Popart, Socialist
Realism etc.)
07 Techno-Imagination, Internet Symbols (Science Fiction,
Cyberpunk)
08 Historical Styles and Eras (Middle Ages, Tsardom, Soviet Era)
09 Religious Symbols, Fantasy, New Age
10 other

63. Have both sexes and different ethnic groups been considered, when
using images, colors and symbols?

01 yes
02 no

64. Does the source address different nationalities /cultures?

01 yes
02 no

65. Does the source refer to geographical spaces / places through titles,
images, maps, symbols etc?

01 yes
02 no

66. If yes, to which ones? *

01 Russian Cities / Regions
02 Foreign Cities / Regions
03 States / Countries
04 Continents
05 Fictional Places

67. Are there any forms of geographical / spatial structuring (e.g.
interactive maps)?


01 yes
02 no

68. Are there any forms of temporal structuring?

01 yes
02 no

69. If yes, which ones? *

01 Newsticker
02 Announcement
03 Archive
04 Diary
05 other

Interactivity

70. What forms of communication are used in order to promote the
contact and exchange between the operator and the visitors / users
of the source? *

01 Discussion Forum
02 Café
03 Mailing List
04 Newsgroup
05 Newsletter
06 Chat
07 Message board
08 Weblog
09 Email
10 Off-Line Meetings
11 other
12 none

71. Are Nicknames and anonymous Postings allowed?

01 yes
02 no

72. If yes, do the visitors / users make use of it?

01 a yes
02 b no


73. If yes, where are the Nicknames and Pseudonyme taken from? *

01 Comic / Cult Program
02 Movie
03 Literature
04 Fairytale
05 Eroticism
06 History
07 Imaginary Name
08 other

74. Does interactive media encourage verbal rather than written forms
of communication?

01 yes
02 no

75. Are the discussion forums, chats, guest books etc. supervised by a
moderator/ host?

01 yes
02 no

76. What significance do the communication possibilities have within the
source?

01 large
02 medium
03 small

77. Do the readers / users have the possibility of contributing texts /
content?

01 yes
02 no

78. Are ratings and / or competitions offered?

01 yes
02 no

79. Is the origin, nationality and / or residence of the visitors / users
stated?

01 yes
02 no


80. If yes, what countries do the visitors / users originally come from? *

01 Russia
02 Successor State of the Former Soviet Union
03 U.S.A.
04 Western Europe
05 Israel
06 other

81. If yes, where do the visitors / users live at present? *

01 Russia
02 Successor State of the Former Soviet Union
03 U.S.A.
04 Western Europe
05 Israel
06 other

Networking

82. Are there links to other sources?

01 yes
02 no

83. If yes, are they evaluated or annotated?

01 yes
02 no

84. If yes, do they represent other points of view?

01 yes
02 no

85. If yes, do they indicate a bias?

01 yes
02 no

86. If yes, to whom do they refer? *

01 Sponsors
02 Cooperative Partners
03 Colleague
04 Topic-related sources


05 Private Persons (Friends / Acquaintances)

87. Is the building and maintaining of relationships with individuals,
groups and / or institutions a programmatic request?

01 yes
02 no

88. If yes, what is to be achieved? *

01 Social Self-Organization / Civil Society
02 Counter-Public Sphere
03 National Strength
04 Bundling of Cultural Resources
05 International Cooperation
06 (Self)Representation of the Russian Regions
07 Integration of the Russian-Speaking Diaspora
08 other

References

Albers, Thies (2001): Aspekte der Evaluation wissenschaftlicher Webseiten.
Magisterarbeit vorgelegt an der Universität Münster.
URL: <http://www.ruhr-uni-
bochum.de/sowi/navigation/studium/Ringvorlesung/webevaluation2001.pdf>
Barker, Joe (1996-2004): Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply &
Questions to Ask. URL:
<http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html>
Kirk, Elizabeth E. (1996): Evaluating Information Found on the Internet.
URL: <http://www.library.jhu.edu/elp/useit/evaluate/>
Kwan, Julie (1993): Criteria for Evaluating Information Resources.
URL: <http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/science/sci/pubs/criteval.html>
Lake Forest College (2003): Evaluating Websites.
URL:<http://www.lib.lfc.edu/internetsearch/evalweb.html>
Lesley University (2004): Evaluating Web Sites.
URL: <http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/evaluating_web.html>
Ormondroyd, Joan / Michael Engle / Tony Cosgrave (2003): Critically Analyzing
Information Sources. URL:
<http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm>
Smith, Alastair G. (1997): Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet
Information Resources. The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 8, no. 3.
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Tong, Josie (2004): Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet. URL:
<http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/criticalevaluation/index.cfm>

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