[Sigia-l] the decline of information

[Derek R]

The number of users who believe that information on the Internet is
reliable and accurate continued to decline in 2002.

CNN Story -->
http://tinyurl.com/56mb

UCLA Center for Communication Policy -->
http://www.ccp.ucla.edu/

Actual Report (PDF) -->
http://ccp.ucla.edu/pdf/UCLA-Internet-Report-Year-Three.pdf


<derek's analysis>

I postulate that misappropriation in order to facilitate 'finding' has
created labeling disproportionate to actual user-experience.

</analysis>



"I don't think anyone wants to see this medium become *the equivalent of
advertising,* where people take everything they see with a grain of
salt."
Beau Brendler, Director, Non-Profit Consumer WebWatch -->
http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/


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Quote from the report -->

In 2002, 52.8% of users believed that most or all of the information
online is reliable and accurate - a decline from 58 percent in 2001 and
55 percent in 2000. Non-users reported much lower levels of belief in
the reliability and accuracy of the information on the Internet.

More than one-third of users (39.9 percent) in 2002 continued to say
that only about half of the information on the Internet is reliable and
accurate - a finding that has remained generally consistent throughout
the three years of the UCLA Internet Project. Among non-users, one-fifth
(20.3 percent) said that none or a small portion of information online
is reliable and accurate.
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"People don't like being lied to." -- Derek R