The Theme of the assigned readings was information on the Internet and how it comes from a "marketplace" of people. The Chapter in the textbook talked about how the way people, especially young people get information now is different than in years past. Now people just check on popular Internet sites like wikipedia, whose articles can be written or edited by anyone. Before there was this technology people would get it from more traditional sources like Encyclopedia Britannica where the articles are written and edited by established experts in each field. The chapter then talked about way that the information available online can become higher quality.
The article/blog talked more about different technologies that bring together information through different people's knowledge.
What kinds of things do you look for when trying to determine the validity of an online source, either for a school paper or personal research?
I was pretty surprised that Wikipedia was proven to be comparable to Encyclopedia Britannica in terms of accuracy of articles.
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