Wikipediadventure
Posted on: November 5, 2009
According to a survey made in 2007 by the non-profit agency Pew Internet & American Life Project, more than a third of American internet users (36%) consult Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. De facto, 8% of the American population refers to Wikipedia as a source of information.
The average Wikipedia user is a young man, between 18 and 29 years-old, with a college degree. In the academic world, there has been a controversary about the reliability of the online encyclopedia. In 2008, the librarian of a school in New Jersey posted in the computer room the following notice “Just say no to Wikipedia”…
…Taking over Nancy Reagan‘s anti-drugs campaign in the 80’s.
But paradoxically, the survey showed that the more educated people were, the more they used this encyclopedia. To try and understand why the community is so popular among the youth, we have asked a 21 years old student to tell us about her experience with the online database.
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