Online Information and Research |
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| Author:
| marcovitz, hal |
| Series title: | Issues in the Digital Age Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60152-192-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Publisher: | ReferencePoint Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.95USD $43.93 |
Book Description:
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so much info is available nowaways via the Internet that its hard to know whats good info and whats not; theres no doubt that info is easier to come by now (on all topics from health concerns to building a car to where to shop for best deals, etc) and that can be a very good thing but it could also be viewed as too much a good thing; whose info can you trust; whats the qualilty of the info avail; is it biased, is it influenced by advertising, is it bogus; is a google world necessarily...
More Descriptionso much info is available nowaways via the Internet that its hard to know whats good info and whats not; theres no doubt that info is easier to come by now (on all topics from health concerns to building a car to where to shop for best deals, etc) and that can be a very good thing but it could also be viewed as too much a good thing; whose info can you trust; whats the qualilty of the info avail; is it biased, is it influenced by advertising, is it bogus; is a google world necessarily an informed world; affects of 24 hr news cycles; print vs online research; blogs; what efforts are being made to address these issues and what are the ramifications.