If we are lost and want to find the location: just Google map it; if we are curious and want to know everything, we just 'Wikipedia' ( instead of buying a thick book of encyclopedia to carry around).With this thing called Internet, the access of knowledge is just a 'click' away BUT how reliable it could be?
How much do I trust this new encyclopedia of mine?Well, i can say almost 80% I trusted the validity of it PROVIDED that the information came from trusted websites such as -CNN , THE STAR and Wikipedia. These media to me, are actually 'mainstream media ' at the internet.The rest- (blogs/ forum) are like alternative media that provide us another point of view where i often question the validity of the information. This is because a lot of time, the internet users misused the power of internet to spread rumors just to gain attention. Just like the case of journalist and blogger, i trusted most of the article written by the authorized journalist on the official website but will still refer to the blogger to know what others think about this issue and to get a better understanding of it issues from another another point of view.
i agree with yr post as we’re living in a world of information overload.As we can see,online media had came a long way through our life and I believe that there still ton of information website waiting for us to do research.
ReplyDeleteI also believe on the information from websites like Wikipedia, The Star and Sin Chew Daily. Whenever i want to know any info or news, i will surf those websites to look for it. I think that information taken from trust-able websites are much more safer than from blogs.
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