Part One -
My Impressions - On this website there was an article about divorce, and divorce rates in the United States. The information is presented very well, there is just a lot of information cited or used from a different source rather than from the author herself. This site had many statistics within the article, but most, if not all were from other sources. There was also different titled sections telling you what each different short section was about. I believe that the information is pretty credible because the URL is .org, and the website is called the AFA Journal. All the links on the page are going to other articles within this journal website. I believe this is a scholarly site and that the article was well written.
Gather Information -
- The author is clearly named for this article, and she gives credit throughout the article to the person she accumulated her information from. The author does not seem to be an expert on the subject but she found a very good source. All the information of this site is very appropriate for the purpose of the page.
- The purpose of this page is to inform people.
- The only advertising on this site is for other articles on the site, and I believe that helps the site.
- There is no full citation for the source that the author used, other that the reference to the title of the book within the writing. The information can be verified from other sources, because that is where the information came from originally.
- The site is often updated with new articles, not on the same topic but it is updated.
- The information is covered in pretty good depth, although I do believe that the information could be spoken in better depth. The information is very appropriate for publication.
Reed says "Feldhahn contends, Divorce is not the biggest threat to marriage. Discouragement is" (Reed, Feldhahn). Most people would say that 50 percent of marriages end in divorce, Feldhahn says, "A Family Life Family Needs Survey among more than 50 churches in 2012-2013 found that only 22% of those ever married had been divorced"(Reed). Many marriages are very happy and just need a few small things changed in order for the marriage to continue working. Feldhahn and Reed agree that “Divorce is not the biggest threat to marriage. Discouragement is”(Reed).
Works Cited -
Reed, Anne. "AFA Journal - The Real Threat to Marriage." AFA Journal. A Publication of The
American Family Association, 2014. Web. 09 Oct. 2015. <http://www.afajournal.org/recent- issues/2015/january/the-real-threat-to-marriage/>.
Part Two -
My Observations - This article seems much more reliable, everything about this site just seems more reliable and scholarly. The author seems to be more of an expert and not just quoting others for the information, although information is quoted there seems to be expertise in her words as well. The writing style is much more advanced. Everything on the page of the article seems to be helpful and not distracting from the article itself, and there is a full citation for where the author got her information. I would say this article has far better quality than the first, and that scholarly peer reviewed journals are much more reliable sources than a source you found on Google.
Kuby Williams said, "Through her meticulous investigation of experts' advice, she argues that while the messengers changed through the decades, their underlying message remained the same: a successful marriage requires hard work and personal sacrifice, particularly on the part of women" (Williams). This simple phrase, I believe, shows how much more educated this writer is than the first that I researched merely because of the way that the information is presented.
One Source from Reference List -
Making Marriage Work: A History of Marriage and Divorce in the Twentieth-Century United States. Kristin Celello. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Works Cited -
Kuby, William. "Making Marriage Work: A History Of Marriage And Divorce In The Twentieth- Century United States." Journal Of American Culture 35.3 (2012): 279-280. Academic Search Premier. Web. 9 Oct. 2015.
Written by - Kelsey Robison
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