Monthly Archives: March 2007
Wikipedia and Academic Credentials
In the wake of a controversy over the credentials of a contributor to a site that does not require contributors to have credentials of any kind whatsoever, Wikipedia may soon require contributors who rely on their credentials in writing to certify their authority. They will still be able to remain anonymous.
I suppose this is news [...]
Data!
A study conducted by research firm IDC determined that in 2006 the world produced 161 billion gigabytes (161 exabytes) of information, a number that is many times more than the 5 exabytes UC Berkeley estimated for 2003.
But as one person in the AP story remarked, does it really matter how many factors bigger it is than [...]
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RIP: Jean Baudrillard
Post-modernist thinker Jean Baudrillard has died after a long illness. He was 77. He became notorious for his criticism of the Gulf War and 9/11.
Paris Blackout
This is interesting. The AP is reporting this morning on the end of a news experiment. The Associated Press, as an organization, decided not to cover Paris Hilton for one week. No news of the celebrity was written by the globe-spanning news organization. The result?
No news bureaus clamored for Hilton stories. People noticed her absence, [...]
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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