High school and college students may be “digital natives,” but they’re wretched at searching. In a recent experiment at Northwestern, when 102 undergraduates were asked to do some research online, none went to the trouble of checking the authors’ credentials. In 1955, we wondered why Johnny can’t read. Today the question is, why can’t Johnny search?
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Online Searches: Quantity vs. Quality
An interesting look into internet-literacy and the younger generations (in)ability to discriminate within search results. An introductory excerpt:
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