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Saturday, 18 January 2014
In today’s digital age, tonnes of information can be available on any topic with just a single click- thanks to the internet. An average surfer can skims dozens of articles by browsing for an hour or scan few hundreds of tweets daily to keep him up-to-date. Though the problem is the availability of quality time to read and digest it. People read to get informed what is happening around them and what is relevant to them. But have readers ever thought about the reliability of information providers? Well, in most cases readers don’t have enough time to comprehend facts around the story; in most cases they leave the job to others.
Friday, 27 December 2013
Are we becoming more informed or knowledgeable?
In today’s digital age, tonnes of information can be available
on any topic with just a single click- thanks to the internet. An average surfer can skims dozens of
articles by browsing for an hour or scan few hundreds of tweets daily to keep him
up-to-date. Though the problem is the
availability of quality time to read and digest it. People read to get informed what is
happening around them and what is relevant to them. But have readers ever thought about the reliability
of information providers? Well, in most cases readers don’t have enough time to
comprehend facts around the story; in most cases they leave the job to others.