2019 Year 12 IB Extended Essays

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Meinwald, C. (2019). Plato . [online] Encyclopædia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Plato [Accessed 18 Apr. 2019]. Analysis of Source: Validity: Relatively valid, being as Britannica is an academic source, widely used across the world. Bias: Little to no bias, as it is purely a presentation of facts regarding Plato. Usefulness: Highly useful, as Adams provides a detailed presentation of facts, regarding Plato. Nittle, N. (2018). Spend “frivolously” and be penalized under China’s new social credit system . [online] Vox. Available at: https://www.vox.com/the- goods/2018/11/2/18057450/china-social-credit-score-spend-frivolously-video-games [Accessed 21 Apr. 2019]. Analysis of Source: Validity: Not entirely valid, being from an unestablished news website, such as Vox. Bias: High bias, as it is presented from a Western point of view, with a negative attitude towards the Chinese social credit system. Usefulness: Somewhat useful, as it provides some details regarding the Chinese social credit system, but is somewhat undermined by the low validity rating.

Shields, C. (2016). Aristotle . [online] The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2016 Edition). Available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/cgi- bin/encyclopedia/archinfo.cgi?entry=aristotle [Accessed 18 Apr. 2019].