Recently I got to a certain article - Wikipedia - the collective wisdom and collectivestupidity? Magdalena Szpunar, in which the author raises the question of the largestonline encyclopedia Wikipedia.
It is known that the vast majority of the population considers Wikipedia to be unreliable source of information and give it a pejorative meaning. I also am not a fan of this source of information, but I must admit that wikipedia can provide access toobtain information on the subject, because some entries and their contents havefootnotes, and so are not as reliable to the end.
In this encyclopedia, you can find both definitions of well-prepared and those whichhave a long way to perfection - containing errors or confusing the reader. Despite therisk of information quality encyclopedia is one of the most frequently cited sources,after which dates in the first instance, to get even rudimentary information on a topic.
Article which aroused my astonishment I read - especially when it comes to the creators of this Wikipedia.
The author demonstrates in this article that "through thenew media statuses laymen and experts to equalize, and each member of the online community has the opportunity to share his knowledge with others. Internet breaks down the monopoly of scientists to provide accurate and reliable information, therebyarguing that transfers information with the same value may create a group ofenthusiasts-nonprofessionals. "
In this article I found the data, which previously had no idea, namely:
- Polish version of Wikipedia in fourth place worldwide in terms of number of articles,and ahead of it only the English version, German and French
- In June 2008, page of Wikipedia was one of the ten most visited Polish Internet users - nearly 6 million recorded inputs, lasting on average more than 36 minutes.
Very interesting is the analysis of education statistics Polish wikipedians contradictsa common stereotype that the encyclopedia was made up of individuals with lowlevels of education. Well:
- The vast majority of respondents have tertiary education (58 percent)., 12 percent. aperson with a PhD, 8 percent. has completed postgraduate studies, and 6 percent.Undergraduate. Among the members are also professors who, in the Polish Wikipedia represent 2 percent. forming.
- Typical Polish Wikipedist is 23 years old, and the median age of members falls on1985 - 86 percent. -born between 1972 and 1993.
- Wikipedia is on the 17th site most visited websites in the world,
Although passwords are frequently edited and updated by users, this process of"production" of knowledge is not gained the recognition of scholars. Foregalitarianism Wikipedia paying a high price.
- It turns out that (contrary to popular opinion) to the quality of the online encyclopediais not too bad. The magazine "Nature" with the help of experts from various fields has shown that the number of errors and inaccuracies in the Wikipedia and Britannica is comparable. Experts who have examined a password and did not know the source,indicated that the 42 analyzed passwords, refer to inaccuracies in Wikipedia, only four cases
and such a belief function, so that people got used to that knowledge in the encyclopedia is the domain of experts. among men it was felt that the credibility of information depends on the degree. wikipedia shows that it can be otherwise. that the average user who is not an expert in the field, which holds no formal education - may propose to the community as much as a scientist ...
wikipedia is not bad, but it should not be the only source of information.
and for those interested - the whole story, but only in Polish http://www.e-mentor.edu.pl/artykul/index/numer/27/id/589
niedziela, 29 maja 2011
wtorek, 17 maja 2011
What can I do to avoid the collapse of the intellectual property rights?
For some time, ongoing discussions about the current shape of the protection of intellectual property rights. The question then arises whether it is obsolete by modern realities?
Downloading files from the Internet was is and probably will not for a long time to solve the problem.
The best way to change the attitude of young surfers to copyright issues is to make educational activities aimed at raising awareness and knowledge of networks and different types of copyright existing in it.
But even these measures do not fully solve the problem. The problem is in fact the price and be paid for such use of the track. For young people this is the biggest barrier, which is seeking to circumvent illegally.
Determining the price for such work depends on the person who created this track. Some bands sell albums that contain a dozen songs for a very low price. Users who do not want the whole album can be downloaded for free the only part of them. This solution provides two-way benefit - the artist earns, and you get to download the album. Why rigid and repressive legislation? Perhaps I should just change the way we think about copyright in the Internet?
Recently, I read that in France, the parliament passed a law stipulating that Internet users who illegally collect from the network audio and video files can be completely deprived of access to the Internet. The Act imposes an obligation on suppliers to track whether a person does not infringe copyright by downloading files from the Internet. The supplier will have the task to warn the surfer twice, and the third error of law, cut off its access to the network. A special government agency will be responsible for monitoring whether Internet users are paying for downloading music, software, games and movies. I wonder how these statements will be realized in practice?
Downloading files from the Internet was is and probably will not for a long time to solve the problem.
The best way to change the attitude of young surfers to copyright issues is to make educational activities aimed at raising awareness and knowledge of networks and different types of copyright existing in it.
But even these measures do not fully solve the problem. The problem is in fact the price and be paid for such use of the track. For young people this is the biggest barrier, which is seeking to circumvent illegally.
Determining the price for such work depends on the person who created this track. Some bands sell albums that contain a dozen songs for a very low price. Users who do not want the whole album can be downloaded for free the only part of them. This solution provides two-way benefit - the artist earns, and you get to download the album. Why rigid and repressive legislation? Perhaps I should just change the way we think about copyright in the Internet?
Recently, I read that in France, the parliament passed a law stipulating that Internet users who illegally collect from the network audio and video files can be completely deprived of access to the Internet. The Act imposes an obligation on suppliers to track whether a person does not infringe copyright by downloading files from the Internet. The supplier will have the task to warn the surfer twice, and the third error of law, cut off its access to the network. A special government agency will be responsible for monitoring whether Internet users are paying for downloading music, software, games and movies. I wonder how these statements will be realized in practice?
Privacy on the Internet.
Since when growing popularity of social networking sites, from time to time encounter incitement to boycott them. The problem turns out to be the matter of privacy.Recently, this applies to Facebook.
Such a boycott is the result of ignorance of users. They do not realize they are in fact the case that if a person sends something to the Internet, taking the risk that this material will be available to the public for other people. Privacy on the Internet is in fact an illusion. We must learn once and for all that our privacy depends on us.
If served anywhere on the Internet, in any form, certain information which may be interconnected, it is a risk that this will happen. The problem with privacy is primarily in the fact that on the one hand we want to ensure that our friends can find us on the Internet, say the name and surname, on the other hand, we have some reason to be ashamed of, for example, your number Messenger / ICQ, and not give him to the public.
Therefore, users should be educated.
When you publish your data anywhere: whether in the social networking site, or forum, or even via e-mail by signing your name and making public their data. Users should be aware of this, and if they cry, for example, that gave your phone number, they should themselves bear the consequences of their ignorance.
By protecting your privacy on the Internet, we must also reckon with the fact that our identity will not be recognizable. It all depends on how we treat their actions and how we treat other people. If you are ashamed of anything we say publicly, it's actually better to remain anonymous, or even the Internet does not provide. However, if you want to be in some way, recognizable and paired it will be difficult for us to keep your privacy 100%.
Therefore, the best solution is to maintain a greater distance, both to the whole panic about privacy, and to move it's head before publishing any information on the Internet.The problem lies in the lack of awareness of the user who is then himself guilty of the fact that it may run the risk of identity theft.
I recommend the article I. Hummel - What is yours is mine - Facebook and privacy
http://www.cafebabel.de/article/28876/zuckerberg-agb-datenschutz-facebook-privatsphaere.html
Such a boycott is the result of ignorance of users. They do not realize they are in fact the case that if a person sends something to the Internet, taking the risk that this material will be available to the public for other people. Privacy on the Internet is in fact an illusion. We must learn once and for all that our privacy depends on us.
If served anywhere on the Internet, in any form, certain information which may be interconnected, it is a risk that this will happen. The problem with privacy is primarily in the fact that on the one hand we want to ensure that our friends can find us on the Internet, say the name and surname, on the other hand, we have some reason to be ashamed of, for example, your number Messenger / ICQ, and not give him to the public.
Therefore, users should be educated.
When you publish your data anywhere: whether in the social networking site, or forum, or even via e-mail by signing your name and making public their data. Users should be aware of this, and if they cry, for example, that gave your phone number, they should themselves bear the consequences of their ignorance.
By protecting your privacy on the Internet, we must also reckon with the fact that our identity will not be recognizable. It all depends on how we treat their actions and how we treat other people. If you are ashamed of anything we say publicly, it's actually better to remain anonymous, or even the Internet does not provide. However, if you want to be in some way, recognizable and paired it will be difficult for us to keep your privacy 100%.
Therefore, the best solution is to maintain a greater distance, both to the whole panic about privacy, and to move it's head before publishing any information on the Internet.The problem lies in the lack of awareness of the user who is then himself guilty of the fact that it may run the risk of identity theft.
I recommend the article I. Hummel - What is yours is mine - Facebook and privacy
http://www.cafebabel.de/article/28876/zuckerberg-agb-datenschutz-facebook-privatsphaere.html
piątek, 22 kwietnia 2011
cyberbullying and the role of the teacher
If the problem of cyberbullying is concerned the role of the teacher should no be ignored. It is common knowledge that most of internet violence victims are still in school. It means that it is very important that schools should ensure the safety of their students.
Providing knowledge in secure usage of new technologies should be treated as a priority in schools, mainly because students are not aware of threats involved in internet usage, such as cyberviolence. First of all teachers along with students should discuss types of cyberviolence and present them with both perspectives : victim, and offender.
Significant fact concerning this case is how the educational system reacts in case of revealed cases of cyberviolence in school. Information of such cases can originate from various sources. Person which will report about such incident can be the victim, victim's parents, other students witnesses or teachers.
Young people often have false impression of anonymity when case of new technologies are concerned. Specialists are convincing that there are various ways of identifying source of cyberbullying. Peoples which are hired to find source of particular data sent via the internet must be aware of the fact that even with the identified source it is still needed to identify person responsible of the occurrence.
Regardless of who reported the event, intervention procedure should consist of:
• psychological assistance towards victim
• collecting evidence and determining circumstances of the event
• drawing the consequences to the offender
• attempt to alter the behavioral patterns of offender
All cases concerning violence, so cases involving usage of electronic medias should be properly studies and documented, because the will serve as baseline for further studies on phenomena of cyberbullying as well as in plans which will be aimed to decrease this trend.
Many perpetrators use “stolen identity” technique by using cellphones of other students, internet portal profiles, mail accounts etc. to send informations, messages, with harmful content. Difficulties with identifying “cyberbully” can be encounter in situation when content is sent via cellphones, wi-fi connections or other secured forms of connection.
Problem of cyberbullying is really significant and will spread even more around the globe because of constant increase in usage of new digital medias. Further studies aimed at finding sources and ways of diminishing this trend are needed.
Providing knowledge in secure usage of new technologies should be treated as a priority in schools, mainly because students are not aware of threats involved in internet usage, such as cyberviolence. First of all teachers along with students should discuss types of cyberviolence and present them with both perspectives : victim, and offender.
Significant fact concerning this case is how the educational system reacts in case of revealed cases of cyberviolence in school. Information of such cases can originate from various sources. Person which will report about such incident can be the victim, victim's parents, other students witnesses or teachers.
Young people often have false impression of anonymity when case of new technologies are concerned. Specialists are convincing that there are various ways of identifying source of cyberbullying. Peoples which are hired to find source of particular data sent via the internet must be aware of the fact that even with the identified source it is still needed to identify person responsible of the occurrence.
Regardless of who reported the event, intervention procedure should consist of:
• psychological assistance towards victim
• collecting evidence and determining circumstances of the event
• drawing the consequences to the offender
• attempt to alter the behavioral patterns of offender
All cases concerning violence, so cases involving usage of electronic medias should be properly studies and documented, because the will serve as baseline for further studies on phenomena of cyberbullying as well as in plans which will be aimed to decrease this trend.
Many perpetrators use “stolen identity” technique by using cellphones of other students, internet portal profiles, mail accounts etc. to send informations, messages, with harmful content. Difficulties with identifying “cyberbully” can be encounter in situation when content is sent via cellphones, wi-fi connections or other secured forms of connection.
Problem of cyberbullying is really significant and will spread even more around the globe because of constant increase in usage of new digital medias. Further studies aimed at finding sources and ways of diminishing this trend are needed.
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