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''' | '''We have evolved in a world where information used to behigh authority and scarce. The internet has created an abundance of information however this has reduced its authority. Today, it feels as if you can't trust anything you read on the web as fact unless you understand the objectives of the source it comes from. TO this extent, below is how Wikipedia structures which sources are reliable:'''[[File:News hierarchy.jpg|alt=News hierarchy|center|960x960px|News hierarchy]] | ||
[[File:Corporate owners-media.png|alt=Oligo|thumb|Oligo]] | [[File:Corporate owners-media.png|alt=Oligo|thumb|Oligo]] | ||
[[File:Weighting hierarchy.png|alt=Weighting hierarchy|thumb|Weighting hierarchy]] | [[File:Weighting hierarchy.png|alt=Weighting hierarchy|thumb|Weighting hierarchy]] | ||
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However, the word ''reliable'' simply implies they are not making things up, it does not take into account potential biases of each source framing the issue as such to reduce cognitive dissonance of its viewers and therefore making it more digestible. | However, the word ''reliable'' simply implies they are not making things up, it does not take into account potential [[Cognitive biases|biases]] of each source [[framing]] the issue as such to reduce [[cognitive dissonance]] of its viewers and therefore making it more digestible this makes echo chambers of [[Confirmation Bias|confirmation bias]]. | ||
News is not a term in science. News in our society represents a source of authoratitative informations which does not disclose its own biases. | News is not a term in science. News in our society represents a source of authoratitative informations which does not disclose its own biases. | ||
In [[wikipedia:The_Library_of_Babel|Borges' The Library of Babel]], there is a thought experiment where all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set are available to anyone. Essentially, within our own confines this represents all knowledge humans '''could''' possibly produce. This is analogous to the internet. | In [[wikipedia:The_Library_of_Babel|Borges' The Library of Babel]], there is a thought experiment where all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set are available to anyone. Essentially, within our own confines this represents all knowledge humans '''could''' possibly produce. This is analogous to the internet. | ||
Revision as of 00:05, 20 June 2022
We have evolved in a world where information used to behigh authority and scarce. The internet has created an abundance of information however this has reduced its authority. Today, it feels as if you can't trust anything you read on the web as fact unless you understand the objectives of the source it comes from. TO this extent, below is how Wikipedia structures which sources are reliable:
However, the word reliable simply implies they are not making things up, it does not take into account potential biases of each source framing the issue as such to reduce cognitive dissonance of its viewers and therefore making it more digestible this makes echo chambers of confirmation bias.
News is not a term in science. News in our society represents a source of authoratitative informations which does not disclose its own biases.
In Borges' The Library of Babel, there is a thought experiment where all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set are available to anyone. Essentially, within our own confines this represents all knowledge humans could possibly produce. This is analogous to the internet.