to date on an hourly hunger death statistic effect it provides. Although its content is rather brief, it gives overviews on leading poverty issues as well as a useful statistics chart on international aid.Since the majority of these websites lack interactivity, I looked to blogs using the IMSA criteria. Environmental issues can very much relate to poverty, so I found an informative blog called Globally Minded. It is regularly updated with useful posts, videos, and images surrounding the environment and eco-friendly ways of living. The International Medical Corps (IMC), one of its photos to the left, has a website dedicated to blogs to share experiences of its members working on the field. It is not regularly updated but provides powerful stories, encounters, and images by those interacting with poverty-stricken families daily. NGOs like IMC are those we depend on to fight poverty, so I chose to look at NGO Security blog that gives a different perspective of poverty by analyzing NGOs. Although its posts are brief, it is regularly updated and has been an archive of information on NGOs for three years. The Poverty Law Prof Blog also gives a different perspective, which is that of lawyers working on issues surrounding poverty. Although they are primarily domestic issues, it is relevant to understand how the law applies to them. It is regularly updated, interactive, and informative on the lawyers participating in the blog. Finally, The Face of Hunger is a blog by Ray Buchanan, the founder of Stop Hunger now. It provides his personal views and ideas surrounding current issues and his religious inspirations in why people should work to battle them. Buchanan provides relevant links, and moving photos, poetry, and prayers that apply to the battle against poverty. Overall, I was quite successful in my search for informative websites and interactive blogs to further my research on poverty.
1 comment:
Dear LAA,
Thank you for sharing your research on such a current and important topic. This post was incredibly succinct and concise while still conveying a tremendous amount of helpful information. In particular, I think you did an excellent job organizing this entry. When I first began reading, I noticed that all of the sites in the first paragraph seemed to be lacking interactivity, but you promptly addressed my concern in the second paragraph with a handful of more user-friendly blogs - well done! Good work using both the Webby and IMSA criteria, although perhaps you could avoid some repetition of the terms "useful" and "regularly updated" (although I agree with your assessments of these sites and blogs). Although you did a thorough job applying the Webby criteria to your sites, I would be curious to know more of your opinion on each of the blogs' bias, usefulness, and influence in the blogosphere and beyond. This would involve delving deeper into an investigation of the blogs using the IMSA criteria, of which you addressed blogger, content depth, and activity the most. All in all, however, this is a very small suggestion to improve an already well-written post. I particularly enjoyed the International Medical Corps blog, reading about moving first-hand experiences abroad with poverty and war that, tragically, so rarely receive attention from the American media. Thank you for opening my eyes to poverty issues in the blogosphere!
-ALN
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