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Tag Archives: Internet
Has your brain been Googled?
Is Internet use affecting our brains, and should that should worry us? Read Nicholas Carr’s provocative article “Is Google making us stupid?” in the July/August Atlantic Monthly (also available via the Academic Search Premier database). Carr suggests that our use … Continue reading
Posted in around the world
Tagged articles, authors, blogs, books, cognition, google, Internet, Internet effects
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FDA has new home page
The Food and Drug Administration has redone its home page, and it looks good! They have made an effort to listen to their users and make the page understandable. The navigation aids are at the top right: a search box … Continue reading
Posted in info.gov
Tagged federal government, government info, Internet, recalls, web sites
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It’s YOUR web: Do you add content?
Do you “publish” on the Web, or are you a lurker? User-created content on the Internet is extremely popular–what effects might it have on journalism? advertising? social relationships? politics? and more… The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reports, based … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, Internet, OECD, Pew, research, social networking, statistics, user-created content, Web 2.0, wikipedia, wikis, youtube
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