Blessing or Curse - about quantity and quality of information - The Internet - a modern source of information

Authors
Pantelic, M Payer, S
Citation
M. Pantelic et S. Payer, Blessing or Curse - about quantity and quality of information - The Internet - a modern source of information, NFD INF-WIS, 52(6), 2001, pp. 321-326
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Library & Information Science
Journal title
NFD INFORMATION-WISSENSCHAFT UND PRAXIS
ISSN journal
14344653 → ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
321 - 326
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-4653(200109)52:6<321:BOC-AQ>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
In our information- and knowledge society, information is a precious good. But more and more often, we seem to get lost in a flood of information. The usage of the Internet as a modern source of information requires a more in tensive examination of information quality. Furthermore the question arises , how far the Internet is suitable for primary data raising besides the pro vision of data and information?