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Module 7: Computer Hoax Categories

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Q. There are still enormous sources of misinformation on the world wide web, so how can you determine what is good information and what is bad information?

Internet nowadays is the most common and widely used source of information. A lot of students rely from it over the traditional libraries. We can get information from web logs, online journals, news, wiki, forums and social networking sites. Relying unchecked information from this emerging web technologies is somewhat dangerous.

Anyone who have internet access can tweet, update their Facebook status, send email, post web logs and update wiki pages. These the most common sources of bad information like urban legends because it can be spread rapidly by just one mouse click. Before we spread this kind of information, we have to do a simple research. We can use search engines to check the root of the information and its validity.

In conclusion, we can determine a good or bad information by simple online research using search engines.

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