Saturday, April 30, 2016

Wikipedia: The World's Brain?

Wikipedia has become a go-to information resource for nearly everyone. Nevertheless, most of us (Your Humble Blogger included) remain a little uneasy about its accuracy. But have we considered the various viewpoints that its large number of contributors bring to Wikipedia? NPR reports.

Questions...

•How often do you use Wikipedia?

•How is Wikipedia an example of the "Democratization of Information"?

•Does it matter that 85 percent of Wikipedia contributors are men? How does that affect content?

•What are some examples of information that requires more expert information than Wikipedia is equipped to provide?

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