Currency 5 of 5: [This information is considered to be current, given that the article was elaborated on and information was collected over the course of a year. Corrections had been made up until May of 2015. No new developments have been publicly made about Sacco story.]
Relevance 5 of 5: [The information found in this article relates directly to my topic and contains commentary given directly to the author by Justine Sacco. The source’s level of eloquence and quality is suitable for my purposes. The intended audience is the general …show more content…
There are references to his other works on the New York Times website.]
Accuracy 4 of 5: [The New York Times is a reputable source of information. This story’s “evidence” lies in the existence of the materials alluded to such as Justine Sacco’s tweets, and her personal statements to Jon Ronson. His tone seems to sway a bit in favor of Justine, but does not make any direct statements to assume bias, I believe he was simply humanizing her experience.]
Purpose 5 of 5: [This information exists to inform the public and to entertain those who had been following Sacco’s story closely. There are not blinding biases, the author states fact as well as narrates his interactions with the …show more content…
(2009). Repairing Relationship Conflict: How Violation Types and Culture Influence the Effectiveness of Restoration Rituals. The Academy of Management Review, 34(1), 105-126. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/27759988
Currency 5 of 5: [The information in this article is valuable at any point in time, and its relevancy is not dependant on the time it was published relative to Sacco’s story.]
Relevance 5 of 5 : [This article focuses on facework in cultural conflict situations, which coincides with the communication theory I chose to relate Sacco’s story to. The information is probably excessive for this analysis’ purpose, but offers a deeper understanding of what facework is.]
Authority 5 of 5: [This is a published article in a journal: “The Academy of Management” which is one of the most cited Management references. The works are academic and conceptual. Contact information is available through the JSTOR links.]
Accuracy 5 of 5: [Elaborating on the reasons above, this article is accurate, does not have a tone of bias, and does a fair job of reporting findings gathered from multiple case studies.The information in this article also supports the information in our course book for