User-Generated Content |
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| Editor:
| Espejo, Roman |
| Series title: | At Issue Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7377-3887-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Imprint: | Greenhaven Press, Incorporated |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $35.20 |
Book Description:
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Social networking, blogging, Wikipedia, viral videos, podcasting; users of the internet are becoming more active in their relationships with online content. Young people might inherit a world in which user-generated content has upended established sources of information. Yet are these forms of content the same as long-established forms? Is a political blog the same as a column in the newspaper? Is Wikipedia as reliable a source as Encyclopedia Britannica? This informative edition takes...
More DescriptionSocial networking, blogging, Wikipedia, viral videos, podcasting; users of the internet are becoming more active in their relationships with online content. Young people might inherit a world in which user-generated content has upended established sources of information. Yet are these forms of content the same as long-established forms? Is a political blog the same as a column in the newspaper? Is Wikipedia as reliable a source as Encyclopedia Britannica? This informative edition takes up these questions and others through conflicting viewpoint essays. Readers will gain an expansive view of a debate that reaches across multiple disciplines.