Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA04240 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:22:36 +0100 Message-ID: <B6E47FBD3879D31192AD009027AC929C368930@NWTH-EXCHANGE> From: Bruce Jones <BruceJ@nwths.com> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Cons and Facades Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:27:53 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> One of the core elements of evaluting media is how audiences use them (in
> a
> general sense), i.e. what part in plays in their lives, and this is still
> very much in the formulation stage for the internet. Clearly at the
> moment,
> for most of us it remains a remarkable novelty with which to play around
> with, but once it becomes common-place, as it undoubtedly is already to
> many
> children growing up with it in schools and home, our relationship to it
> will
> change (as clearly happened with television).
>
>
[BJ]
This is a core issue to instructional designers, educational
technologists and educators in general ... How do you determine the validity
of information to be used for education purposes? The accessibility of the
web for supporting personal belief systems and representing that belief
system as the truth, whether it is social, political, religious, or
scientific, has led to a fracturing of the core values of many persons. The
acceptance or rejection of much of the information on the web is based
largely on the individual who receives that information. This has always
been the case, but with the ability for wide spread and rapid dissemination
and accessibility provided for by the web, more persons are becoming
introduced to thoughts, ideals, and ideas that may or may not support their
personal belief system. This overload will confuse and intimidate a large
number of the populace. To rectify this confusion people will either turn
off their connection to the web or develop only those connections that
support their own beliefs and desires.
New paradigms of social behavior and interaction will develop and a
new social order will eventually emerge and new "truths" (memes?) will
develop. Good or bad only time will tell.
My $0.02
Bruce Jones
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