With the ability to find virtually anything on the internet these days, one question arises many times; is this information credible? Wiki sites have the ability to allow regular everyday people to post information about anything. For example, for according to The Times, a newspaper in London, the birthday for the Queen had been incorrect for just under 4 years!
I found "The Book of Nature and the Nature of the Book" very interesting. I never realized that piracy was a cause for concern in a non-digital world. Information and stories that were passed from people to people early on was never reliable because the information would change from person to person. Also, I never really thought about how manufactures played such an important role in this context. Could they really sell us "fake" books? I was kinda shocked to find that some do this, by changing what the author has written, which ultimately changes the readers perception of the book.
Fixity in a digital age is not always a good thing either. I still find myself having to check out the date of creation or who the author is, when researching online. There are thousands of websites that are not credible at all, yet they are still used by students and others for information.
Friday, October 1, 2010
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