Monday, October 20, 2008

Rhetorical Analysis

Site: http://www.humantrafficking.org/
Publisher: Academy for Educational Development
Author: Academy for Educational Development
Affiliations: Academy for Educational Development is a nonprofit organization working globally to improve education, health, civil society, and economic development.
Credibility: The AED sites working with the U.S. Department of State

Timeliness: The site has a series of posted articles and links dating over a wide-period of time. However, the AED ad U.S. Department of State work to keep posted articles up to date with current issues and times.
Bias: The obvious bias covered in the site is against the human rights violations of human trafficking.

Site:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/33109.htm
Publisher: The Office of Electronic Information and the Bureau of Public Affairs
Author: The U.S. Department of State
Affiliations: The writer works for the United States of America
Credibility: U.S. Department of State
Timeliness: This specific site was published by the Bureau of Public Affairs on May 24, 2004
Bias: The bias concerns the human rights violations of Human Trafficking. The site gives a brief description of the may causes for Human Trafficking, what is being done to prevent it, and global organizations and causes in process.

Site: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/prevention.html
Publisher: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Author: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Affiliations: Global organizations and efforts
Credibility: The United Nations
Timeliness: The site has several links relating to topics of issue concerning the U.N. The specific site about Human Trafficking has articles dating over several years, but the most current being October 9, 2008
Bias: The bias of the site is concerning the human rights violations evoked by human trafficking.

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