Re: The Random Information Age

[Don Blumenthal <dmblumenthal () gmail com>]

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:57 PM,  <chris () blask org> wrote:
> The shape of information flow is yet to be determined in this age, but it has certainly become more difficult to 
> monopolize.  I have yet to see evidence that Wikipedia (for example) is less accurate and authoritative than a 
> store-bought encyclopedia.
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That may be true. I won't permit my students to cite Wikipedia in
their papers but then explain that I'm not a Luddite. Print
encyclopedias weren't acceptable as sources in academic research when
I was in school.

Don
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