Monday, March 28, 2011

Compare and Contrast

Though both these websites target the believers, non-believers, speculators, and confused people on the topic of climate change, each website addresses it in a different way. The GRIST.org website targets the crowd that is skeptic about climate change and start off by talking about the stages of denial which i found funny. The website is split into four categories: stages of denial, scientific topics, types of arguments, levels of sophistication. I think this website is great for those are skeptic, confused, and or not knowledgeable because within each major topic they have three main points that are broken down even more and the reader is provided a link for each fact that is said as it is elaborated even more beyond the bullet point. This site is also in my opinion targeted to the older and more educated crowd that goes beyond college as it also brings up many past events, historical significance, and political references.

The friends of science website is a lot more simpler. It gives 6 points which portrays there thoughts and opinions as one of the "things you should know about climate change" include how Al Gore was wrong about CO2 and how computer models were proven wrong. In each of the 6 points the site tries to make it leads to another link where each site has a graph that shows the point that there trying to make. To me personally the graph shows a lot of things that can just make the reader confused or not care.

Both these sites i noticed a .org which probably means they are both non profit organizations. They both have lots of scientific references but i think the "How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic" is a better website since it provides a lot more information and has the facts in bullet points. This website has a section for different backgrounds; if i looked at both websites as someone who didn't know anything about climate change it would be easier for me to read GRIST because the facts are listed right there and the entire argument that they want to convince me with are on one page and it is very easy to see. The Friends of Science website has links/tabs that cover other topics but it just seems like climate change was part of the website and not there specific...again looking at it from someone who's looking at the website for the first time. When i see economic, policies, news/events, census etc it turns me away or just dulls the mood.

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