Information in the Information Age

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INFORMATION IN THE INFORMATION AGE

WE THOUGHT WE KNEW WHAT INFORMATION WAS.

THEN ALONG CAME POSTMODERNISM

ALONG CAME THE ELECTRONIC AGE

ALONG CAME ALTERNATE FORMS OF PUBLICATION

NOW “INFORMATION” IS AN EXCEEDINGLY MIXED BAG

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

BEFORE THERE WAS PRINT:

INFORMATION WAS “TRADITIONAL”

RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION WAS CRUCIAL

UNAUTHORIZED CRITIQUE OF INFORMATION OR CREATION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE WAS DANGEROUS

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW KNOWLEDGE WAS SLOW

READING AND WRITING:

KNOWLEDGE COULD BE PRESERVED IN PRINT

PEOPLE COULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO DISCOVERY

KEEPERS OF KNOWLEDGE WERE MORE ELITE THAN IN ORAL SOCIETIES

THE PRINTING PRESS:

MULTIPLE COPIES MADE INFORMATION MORE SECURE

THE PRINTING PRESS:

MORE PEOPLE COULD ACCESS THE KNOWLEDGE BASE

THE PRINTING PRESS:

ELITISM OF KNOWLEDGE KEEPERS WAS ATTACKED

THE PRINTING PRESS:

POSSIBILITY OF NEW DISCOVERY WAS MULTIPLIED

THE PRINTING PRESS:

POSSIBILITY OF NEW DISCOVERY WAS MULTIPLIED

SUBJECT DISCIPLINES ORGANIZED KNOWLEDGE

ENTER THE INTERNET:

GATEKEEPERS NO LONGER CRUCIAL; FREE SPEECH REIGNS

ENTER THE INTERNET:

MORE ABILITY TO CREATE AND ACQUIRE INFORMATION THAN EVER BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY

ENTER THE INTERNET:

MORE ABILITY TO CREATE AND ACQUIRE INFORMATION THAN EVER BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY

THE READERS BECOME THE GATEKEEPERS

INFORMATION TODAY: THE STATE OF THE ART

TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING IS CONTINUING

E-BOOK PUBLISHING IS ADVANCING SLOWLY

PRINT-ON-DEMAND IS OPENING NEW OPPORTUNITIES

JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES

E-JOURNALS ARE DOMINATING; PRINT IS DYING

SCHOLARSHIP IS BEING MAINTAINED

THE OPEN ACCESS MOVEMENT IS GROWING (HTTP://WWW.DOAJ.ORG/)

THE WORLD WIDE WEB

SEARCHING FOR A BETTER SEARCH ENGINE

THE WORLD WIDE WEB

CATALOGING THE WEB?

THE WORLD WIDE WEB

CATALOGING THE WEB?

BETTER INSTRUCTION FOR USERS

WEB 2.0

INCLUDES EVERYTHING ABOUT THE WWW THAT IS INTERACTIVE

WEB 2.0

BLOGS, WIKIS, RSS FEEDS, FORUMS, E-MAIL, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, SNAPCHAT, AND SO ON

WEB 2.0

BLOGS, WIKIS, RSS FEEDS, FORUMS, E-MAIL, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, SNAPCHAT, AND SO ON

DOES SOCIAL INTERACTION LEAD TO BETTER INFORMATION?

NOT ALL INFORMATION IS INFORMATIVE

INFORMATION NEEDS TO “INFORM.”

AS GATEKEEPING DIMINISHES THERE IS MORE FREEDOM BUT MORE RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL

DO YOU HAVE THE SKILLS TO EVALUATE THE INFORMATION YOU USE?

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