The information contained in the website is simply based on facts and not on opinions or propaganda. Gluck states various effects of physical child abuse on the website and provides no opinion on what he believes the effects are (“Effects of Physical Child Abuse”). On the site there is a link that takes you to the reference page where you can find all the sources used. The reference page is divided into paragraphs and you can see where the author got the information for each of his paragraphs. Since the website is based on real information and its purpose is to inform, there is no particular bias. The site simply wants to inform the reader that physical abuse of minors has many effects and not just physical ones. There are no particular words or phrases that appeal to emotions since the information is purely informative. Although the website is commercial, there is no information in the article that convinces you to buy a particular product. There are advertisements on the website, but they are linked to joining their campaign against stigma on the mentally ill. One may determine that there is a particular bias on the website given that it is commercial, but upon further reading, one may determine that it is merely informational and one wants one to join their campaign (Gluck, “Effects of Child Physical
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