Internet Credability
Information is everywhere on the Internet. It exists in large quantities and it is continuously being created and revised. This information exists in a many varieties like facts, opinions, stories, interpretations, or statistics, and it is created for many purposes such as to inform, to persuade, to sell, to present a viewpoint, or to create or change an attitude or belief. For each of these various kinds of purposes information exists on many levels of quality or reliability. Quality ranges from excellent to awful and includes every shade in between. Think about the magazine section in your local grocery store. If you reach out with your eyes closed and grab the first magazine you touch, you are much more likely to get a supermarket tabloid than a respected journal. Now imagine that your store lets anyone in the world print up a magazine and put it in the magazine section. Now if you reach out blindly, you might get the New York Times business section or you might get little Jimmy's report on the stock market for Mrs. Smith's 3rd grade class.There is an extremely wide variety of material on the Internet, ranging in its accuracy, reliability, and value. Unlike most traditional information media like books, magazines, or
Challenge information and demand accountability. Who says so? Why was this information created? Why should I believe it? Why should I trust this source? Is it the whole truth? Who supports it? It is important to adapt skepticism to the quality to fit the importance of the information and what is being claimed. More credibility and evidence are required for stronger claims. You should be a more skeptical of dramatic information or information that conflicts with commonly accepted ideas. The new information may be true, but you should require evidence, even from highly credible sources. New information should be kept in mind, but not immediately believed or disbelieved. Do not jump to a conclusion or come to a decision too quickly. Wait until more information comes in, and you have time to think about the issue. The key to gaining knowledge is to evaluate and re-evaluate regularly. New information or changing circumstances will affect the accuracy and therefore your evaluation of previous information. In the world of information, especially in technology, science, medicine, and business, change is the only constant. organizational documents, no one has to approve the content b
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