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Website Analysis last updated: 10.02.2005 General Remark Please note that the following questions and possible answers have been selected for reasons relating to the project’s main objectives and don’t claim completeness by any means. Evaluation Criteria Identification Accessibility Authorship Credentials Currency Transparency and Objectivity Organization and Browsability Information Design Interactivity Networking Identification 01. What is the title of the source?

02. What is the Internet address of the source?

03. What Internet domain does the site belong to?

01 .ru 02 .ua, .kz., .lt etc. (Successor State of the former Soviet Union) 03 .su 04 .de, .uk etc. (West-European country) 05 .com (Commercial Organization) 06 .edu (Educational Institution) 07 .gov (U.S. Government Institution or Department) 08 .int (International Organization) 09 .net (Networking Organization) 10 .org (Not-for-Profit Organization) 11 other


04. What kind of source is it?

01 Personal Homepage 02 Organizational Homepage 03 Academic Homepage 04 Governmental Homepage 05 Project Homepage 06 Internet / Digital Artwork 07 Newspaper / Magazine 08 Portal 09 Library / Reading Room 10 Museum / Gallery 11 other

05. What topic area(s) does the source belong to?*

01 Computer and Internet 02 Literature 03 Art 04 Entertainment 05 Politics 06 Religion / Philosophy / Esotericism 07 Society 08 Science 09 Cities / Regions / Countries 10 Emigration – Immigration / Diaspora 11 other

06. Are the goals and intentions of the source stated in a Mission

Statement, FAQ etc.?

01 yes 02 no

07. If yes, please provide an executive summary

08. If no, what seems to be the primary purpose of the source?

01 Communication 02 Information 03 Documentation 04 Presentation 05 Interaction 06 Memoration 07 Persuasion 08 Explanation 09 other


09. Is the intended audience of the source stated?

01 yes 02 no

10. If no, who seems to be the intended audience?

11. Is the source part of a network (e.g. webring)?

01 yes 02 no

12. Is the source supported financially or otherwise?

01 yes 02 no

13. If yes, by whom?

01 Politics / State 02 Economy 03 Media 04 Association 05 Private Person 06 Foreign Sponsor

Accessibility 14. Is the entire source public / accessible to anybody?

01 yes 02 no

15. If no, which restrictions exist?

01 Registration (free) 02 Registration (non-free) 03 Personal Recommendation 04 other


16. What language is the source written in?

01 Russian 02 Language spoken in one of the successor states of the former

Soviet Union 03 German 04 English 05 other

17. Has the source been translated?

01 yes 02 no

18. If yes, in what language(s) *

01 Russian 02 Language spoken in one of the successor states of the former

Soviet Union 03 German 04 English 05 other

Authorship 19. What is the name of the operator? (operator can be a single person as well as a

group or organization)

20. Is contact information (name, email, phone number and / or

address) given?

01 yes 02 no

21. If contact information is given, please write it down

22. What country does the operator come from?

01 Russia 02 CIS 03 United States 04 Israel


05 Germany 06 other Western-European Country 07 other 08 not documented

23. Is the operator affiliated with another (reputable) group /

organization etc.?

01 yes 02 no 03 not documented

24. Does the operator of the source mystify his biography (e.g. by using

aliases or by referring to fictional persons, places etc.)?

01 yes 02 no

25. Does the operator have contacts to other persons, groups and / or

organizations related to the topic area of the source?


26. Does the source get supervised by the operator as well as by a

permanent group of authors / editors?

01 yes 02 no

27. If yes, what forms of cooperation are practised? *

01 Editorial Department 02 Editors’ Collective 03 Authors’ Collective 04 Co-Determination of Readers / Users 05 Independent Publication

28. Is the origin, nationality and / or residence of the operator stated?

01 yes 02 no

29. Does the operator follow copyright laws and respect intellectual

property?


01 yes 02 no

30. Does the source consciously refuse values and norms of the ‚offline’-

world? (e.g. communicative conventions, ‘political correctness’)

01 yes 02 no

31. If yes, what net specific values and norms are promoted? *

01 Interactivity 02 De-Hierarchization 03 Hypertextual Organization of Knowledge 04 ‚Anti-Copyright’ 05 Open Access to Information 06 Freedom of Expression 07 Grassroots Democracy 08 other

Credentials 32. Has the source been reviewed?

01 yes 02 no

33. If yes, by whom? *

01 Editor / Editorial Department 02 Authors / Colleagues 03 Readers 04 other

34. Is the source linked to a print publication?

01 yes 02 no

35. If yes, what part does the source play?

01 Prototype 02 Copy 03 Excerpt 04 Supplement 05 Electronic archive 06 Communication Forum


07 other 36. Is the operator well regarded / an authority in the topic area

covered by the source?


37. Does the operator deliberately abstain from credentials (e.g.

directories, reviews, organisational support)?

01 yes 02 no

38. Is the Top Level Domain appropriate for the content?

01 yes 02 no

Currency 39. When has the source been published?

40. Is the source updated?

01 yes 02 no

41. If yes, how frequently does this occur?

01 daily 02 weekly 03 monthly 04 less often / not regularly

42. Is the source current for the topic area it is related to?

01 yes 02 no

43. Do the links work?


01 yes 02 no

Transparency and Objectivity 44. Does the operator have a agenda or bias?

01 yes 02 no

45. If yes, is it stated?

01 yes 02 no

46. Does the identity of the operator or sponsor suggest a bias?

01 yes 02 no

47. Are facts reported correctly?

01 yes 02 no 03 not relevant

48. Does the operator support his or her ideas with references (e.g.

footnotes, links, annotations)?

01 yes 02 no 03 not relevant

49. By which style of speech is the source characterised? *

01 objective-neutral 02 positive-negative 03 aggressive / provocative 04 ironic 05 metaphorical 06 emphatic 07 humorous 08 critical 09 other


50. Are there ethnocentric, nationalist, racist, sexist or fundamentalist expressions?

01 yes 02 no

51. Is the source subject to commercial goals?

01 yes 02 no

Organization and Browsability 52. What categories / columns have been selected in order to structure

the content?

53. How is the content structured? *

01 thematic 02 chronological 03 alphabetical 04 associative 05 hypertextual 06 other

54. Are there different means of orientation / navigation (e.g. Sitemap,

Hypertext, Graded Menu System, Full-Text Search Function)?

01 yes 02 no

55. Is the information obtained by different media?

01 yes 02 no

56. If so, by which ones? *

01 Texts 02 Graphs 03 Sketches 04 Maps 05 Mind Maps 06 Graphics 07 Cartoons


08 Pictographs 09 Photos 10 Animations 11 Audios 12 Videos 13 other

57. What do the images serve for? *

01 Representation 02 Organisation 03 Interpretation 04 Transformation 05 Decoration 06 other

58. Does the designing of the texts / sites contribute to their legibility /

functionality?

01 yes 02 no

59. Is the source easy to navigate?

01 yes 02 no

Information Design 60. What is the design of the source like? *

01 metaphorical 02 use-oriented 03 animating / playful 04 topic-oriented 05 complex / multidimensional 06 narrative 07 artistic 08 other

61. What metaphors / visualizations with regard to the Internet are

used? *

01 Living Thing (Spider, Anthill, Worms) 02 Non-Living Thing (Tool, Device, Machine, Robot) 03 Open Place (Cyberspace, Net, Ocean) 04 Closed Place (Digital City, Library, Market Place)


05 Collectivist Way of being (Spiritual Unity, Noosphere, Sobornost) 06 Individualistic Way of being (Cyber Flaneur, Hacker) 07 other (please note them) 08 none

62. To which pictorial tradition does the source refer? *

01 International / Global Symbols (Logos, Labels, Brands etc.) 02 National Symbols (Arms, Flags etc.) 03 Folklore 04 Ethnic Symbols 05 International / Global Trends and Fashions (Graffiti, Streetart,

Manga etc.) 06 Art Styles and Eras (Art Nouvea, Avant-garde, Popart, Socialist

Realism etc.) 07 Techno-Imagination, Internet Symbols (Science Fiction,

Cyberpunk) 08 Historical Styles and Eras (Middle Ages, Tsardom, Soviet Era) 09 Religious Symbols, Fantasy, New Age 10 other

63. Have both sexes and different ethnic groups been considered, when

using images, colors and symbols?

01 yes 02 no

64. Does the source address different nationalities /cultures?

01 yes 02 no

65. Does the source refer to geographical spaces / places through titles,

images, maps, symbols etc?

01 yes 02 no

66. If yes, to which ones? *

01 Russian Cities / Regions 02 Foreign Cities / Regions 03 States / Countries 04 Continents 05 Fictional Places

67. Are there any forms of geographical / spatial structuring (e.g.

interactive maps)?


01 yes 02 no

68. Are there any forms of temporal structuring?

01 yes 02 no

69. If yes, which ones? *

01 Newsticker 02 Announcement 03 Archive 04 Diary 05 other

Interactivity 70. What forms of communication are used in order to promote the

contact and exchange between the operator and the visitors / users of the source? *

01 Discussion Forum 02 Café 03 Mailing List 04 Newsgroup 05 Newsletter 06 Chat 07 Message board 08 Weblog 09 Email 10 Off-Line Meetings 11 other 12 none

71. Are Nicknames and anonymous Postings allowed?

01 yes 02 no

72. If yes, do the visitors / users make use of it?

01 a yes 02 b no


73. If yes, where are the Nicknames and Pseudonyme taken from? *

01 Comic / Cult Program 02 Movie 03 Literature 04 Fairytale 05 Eroticism 06 History 07 Imaginary Name 08 other

74. Does interactive media encourage verbal rather than written forms

of communication?

01 yes 02 no

75. Are the discussion forums, chats, guest books etc. supervised by a

moderator/ host?

01 yes 02 no

76. What significance do the communication possibilities have within the

source?

01 large 02 medium 03 small

77. Do the readers / users have the possibility of contributing texts /

content?

01 yes 02 no

78. Are ratings and / or competitions offered?

01 yes 02 no

79. Is the origin, nationality and / or residence of the visitors / users

stated?

01 yes 02 no


80. If yes, what countries do the visitors / users originally come from? *

01 Russia 02 Successor State of the Former Soviet Union 03 U.S.A. 04 Western Europe 05 Israel 06 other

81. If yes, where do the visitors / users live at present? *

01 Russia 02 Successor State of the Former Soviet Union 03 U.S.A. 04 Western Europe 05 Israel 06 other

Networking 82. Are there links to other sources?

01 yes 02 no

83. If yes, are they evaluated or annotated?

01 yes 02 no

84. If yes, do they represent other points of view?

01 yes 02 no

85. If yes, do they indicate a bias?

01 yes 02 no

86. If yes, to whom do they refer? *

01 Sponsors 02 Cooperative Partners 03 Colleague 04 Topic-related sources


05 Private Persons (Friends / Acquaintances) 87. Is the building and maintaining of relationships with individuals,

groups and / or institutions a programmatic request?

01 yes 02 no

88. If yes, what is to be achieved? *

01 Social Self-Organization / Civil Society 02 Counter-Public Sphere 03 National Strength 04 Bundling of Cultural Resources 05 International Cooperation 06 (Self)Representation of the Russian Regions 07 Integration of the Russian-Speaking Diaspora 08 other

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