Comments on: What is the credibility of the Internet? http://www.gearyi.com/fresh/what-is-the-credibility-of-the-internet/ Fresh is a new perspective from some of the minds at Geary Interactive. New creative with a dash of insight will help keep your mind from becoming too unfresh. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: holly http://www.gearyi.com/fresh/what-is-the-credibility-of-the-internet/#comment-17700 holly Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:08 +0000 http://www.gearyi.com/fresh/what-is-the-credibility-of-the-internet/#comment-17700 One of the most difficult assignments I had in college was actually answering a question that could not be found on the internet (What do 5 red stars above a door symbolize in China?). The whole point was to make the class utilize other resources that have been left in the past due to the internet. We, not thinking, obviously started our search online only to find that the professor was correct and it could not be found there (this was 3 years ago, so it might be there now.) It then took weeks of trips to the library, sifting through hundreds of lexis nexis articles, and eventually finding a professor in Boston who specialized in Chinese studies to help us get an A. The point here is that I would love to see the internet become a source that is as credible as a published document (and I think it will), but we need to (and teach) that there are other places to complete research. One of the most difficult assignments I had in college was actually answering a question that could not be found on the internet (What do 5 red stars above a door symbolize in China?). The whole point was to make the class utilize other resources that have been left in the past due to the internet. We, not thinking, obviously started our search online only to find that the professor was correct and it could not be found there (this was 3 years ago, so it might be there now.)

It then took weeks of trips to the library, sifting through hundreds of lexis nexis articles, and eventually finding a professor in Boston who specialized in Chinese studies to help us get an A.

The point here is that I would love to see the internet become a source that is as credible as a published document (and I think it will), but we need to (and teach) that there are other places to complete research.

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