step 5 Emily Song -internet (child soldiers) 2

link-http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/facts.htm

The web page I have found through the internet included a list of facts about child soldiers. The facts seem to explain the situation of the cruel lives of child soldiers and support the statement “Stop the use of Child Soldiers”. Also, the picture linked on the right hand corner seemed to describe the tragic reality of the child soldiers. However, although the detailed information was convincing and the focus was clear, I was not sure whether these listed ‘facts’ are reliable sources because no other resources or work cited page was found. Also the unclear time periods were confusing as well. Only one statement about the reporting in every region of the world seemed credible as this single statement had a link to the list of countries where the child soldiers are being used. Therefore other than this single fact, I did not put much validity on this web page for it only listed various statements that are not clearly labeled. Furthermore, because there are hardly any backgrounds or information about this unknown author, this web page I believe lack the credibility. As this is a human rights organization website, I assume various people were engaged in gathering these statements. In other words, it lacked the credibility for there is no proven authority of the authors.

On the other hand, I believe the author’s purpose was to spread the tragedy of the child soldiers and, stop the use of child soldiers through this globalized media as known as internet. However, the impact of the statements was very weak and somewhat biased since it only listed facts in one particular side rather than covering the whole issue. In addition, because this website involves an organization of human rights, I may predict some biased in this website.

To sum up, I believe that this particular website did not really convince me greatly. Even though I was able to learn about the possible incidents that the child soldiers are facing today, the sources to these listed facts were unclear. Therefore, I believe that this somehow represents the disadvantage of the internet source, possibly posting unclear information given from other web pages. Although this webpage seemed much globalized as 12 different languages were available for the people to communicate and associate in this web site, the lack of authorities made me wonder about the possible exaggerations on this issue of child soldiers.