Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h99LEDV14270; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:14:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:14:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <BBAB47C7.611B%frontdoordc@childrenspartnership.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "The Children's Partnership" <frontdoordc@childrenspartnership.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4193] Online Content Evaluation Report Released X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 1741 Lines: 42 NEW STUDY RELEASED ***Consensus Emerging on Criteria for ³Quality Online Content² But Needs of Low-Income and Other Underserved Internet Users Overlooked*** The Children¹s Partnership Issues Guidelines for Creating Internet Content Accessible to More Users WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, The Children¹s Partnership (TCP) released a benchmark study, "The Search for High-Quality Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Communities," which examines how various fields such as health, education and Web site usability identify ³quality² in online content and whether they address the needs of disadvantaged Internet users. (See http://www.contentbank.org/research/QualityContent.pdf.) THE REPORT FOUND THAT: A consensus is emerging on what characteristics of online content constitute quality. A survey of 100 sets of guidelines used to evaluate content shows that a handful of characteristics, such as clear identification of the site¹s source and currency of the information, appear in more than 50% of guidelines reviewed. However, less than 10% of guidelines included characteristics that address the needs of low-income or other underserved communities, like content in more than one language or the literacy level of the text. ³While there is growing agreement about what quality online content looks like, it¹s clear that the unique needs of low-income Internet users are not yet part of that picture,² said Wendy Lazarus, Co-President of TCP and a co-author of the study. MORE: Download the report: http://www.contentbank.org/research/QualityContent.pdf View the press release: http://www.contentbank.org/research/Study_Press_Release.pdf For more resources and information, visit Contentbank: http://www.contentbank.org
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