Developmet of Web, as the platform of internet has allow more function and purposes to be use. This improvment had lead to many more other newly technologies for users. From only text form to the fast streaming video blog sites, these "benefit" are the product of Web 2.0. As well as function improvement such as double click. All these had brought the information age to another level.
The distribution of information from wikipedia or similar website, had a very significant change toward the relationship between consumer and producer. As multi purpose as internet goes, the definition of the two had become more and more ambiguise. Everyone who had a computer and able to type can distribute information, as well as anyone can read would become a consumer. Of course this require a certain literacy level. In the case like youtube, which had another requirement, but commonly that the computer literacy is needed. The main point is, this had lower of value of authority about information. Everything from the internet would needed carefully cited in order to be trust-worthy. Even so, when a certain website held the reputation of being sincere, it doesn't mean they have the authority. I guess the same could apply to television tho. But internet are much more easier then television, its not like anyone could be a producer or something.
Information are flooded on internet. Its a general sense becasue it is general. Of cos, if we say that we are not able to receive any information other than what we get online, it would just shape us into a very direct, narrow-minded being(since every is so easy with google, and it is so big).Even add-on like "Stumble!" is trying to broader our sight online, it is still shape by our choice of preference. It is not rational.Googling or wikiing is different from browsing from the library. On the other hand, these type of information site would devalue the authorites, but understand one subject from a unknow person point of view would always help to develop a different idea about the same topic in ourself.
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