Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Print? Or Internet as a Source?



When comparing the reliability of internet and print, it would really depend on where and what you are looking at, but I think it is safe to say that the print is generally more reliable. Prints are, first of all, usually written by qualified authors. Then they go through the process of revising and editing by professionals before they are printed onto papers, whereas anyone can, for example, make a blog and write their opinions to be available to the public anonymously. To be officially accessible to the mass, print has to be approved, and the internet does not. The reviewing of several different others makes the book freer of biases, errors, and such. These do give the internet the easy accessibility, anonymity and an opportunity for everyone to express, however, when it comes to the trustworthiness of the source, they might come to us as disadvantages. Nevertheless, the internet has the benefit of the easy and fast updates, whereas it might take a print a while for it to be revised to be published again. Though, the updates are not checked and therefore the reliability may not be there for the internet. The print takes longer for it to be accessible, but the cost of time is for its trustworthiness. In conclusion, the print seems to be more reliable as the internet comes with many benefits but benefits that do not contribute to its reliability.

3 comments:

  1. I completely agree with the fact that print can be ten times more reliable. Stuff online could be edited by anyone haha like wikipedia. Print over online anyway, but online is more accessible. I feel like the more reputed websites would be more reliable

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  2. Same here! Agreed :D
    The internet is a very quick and convenient way of getting information but sometimes the information is a bit sketchy.

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  3. Same here! Agreed :D
    The internet is a very quick and convenient way of getting information but sometimes the information is a bit sketchy.

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