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The Google Paradox.

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Google claims to be an observer that gathers information for the masses and just allows the internet to dictate the search results. In part III of the Google dilemma titled “search: Jew” Google didn’t intervene when that Googlebomb went off, its plan was to let whoever gets the most links solve the issue; they took more of a laissez-affaire approach.  Then why didn’t they take the same approach when the search King Incident happened, sure Search King was allegedly using a link farm which was more questionable than a Googlebomb.  One reason they might have interfered was probably because Search King was in some ways in completion with the giant that is Google; Search King also performed queries/searches although at a more local level.  Could Google have used this as a chance to take down a small competitor? I should Google it.

Google Scholar

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I must say that using Google scholar did help me find reliable, “professional”, articles. One problem that I faced, however, was the fact that I kept finding article that I had to pay for. Unfortunately for me, most of the article I wanted to use, I had to pay for.

What I liked most about Google scholar was the fact that I could see how many times that article was cited by other articles. By this feature I am able to distinguish whether the article s credible or not.

In addition, I would say that utilizing the advanced search option assisted me greatly. I feel that when I use the typical Google search I get a broad range of nothing and everything at the same time, if that makes sense. I receive so much information, that I don’t know where to start and it’s very time consuming. On the other hand, when I used the advanced search option, even though my resources were very refined, I was able to pull a lot of information from it.

Thank you Badke!

value of reaserch

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Information is a value in our days. Same as any possible goods, like money, sex or drugs or anything else people can imagine, and the way how individuals can collect the information( data) is valuable too. We all hunting for information , like our ancestors hunting for mammoths, it’s matter of surviving for us. Badke not open something new when he describe how syntax, punctuation and word combination can help to reach information faster, personally, I was familiar with this technic pretty  long time ago. Interesting another fact, why people forget about this practice? Modern dat -providers built on a way where users can get easy access to any shallow sort of information and it’s basically cover needs of majority. Generation of users doesn’t need sophisticated research, they has no interest in it. And from the other side, people who involved in serious research understand how to search information empirically, the field dictate the rules of usage.  

Badke, reading response.

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“With an AND search always look for the fewest number of terms required to get data that is on target with your search goals.” which was taken from chapter 3 of Research Strategies. In my opinion this is one of the most helpful sections of this chapter. Growing up using the internet I found that the words you use can either get you to where you want to go, or add time to your search. Badke put it nicely saying, “The more unnecessary terms you add, the more you risk screening good data…” In my experience I agree. While reading this article I see how useful the internet has been for me, but I also know it has it’s moments.

Copyright and Creativity

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Copyright law protects intellectual property. No ifs, no buts – it is, what it is. Anyone who is rowing against it  just not familiar with basic concept of private property in general. The idea of private owning is fundamental not only for economy, it’s even more important for structure of the government. Of course, when the whole generation was raised with child mentality, when people not even try to create something but just copying everything what already exist, idea about protection of intellectual property looks not right. And of course, it’s not people fault they being breeding that way, person with child mentality not creator, he is user. That’s why more and more people forget how to built desktop tower from the part, how to fix the car, even how to cook at home. Generation of creators much less profitable and much more complicated in terms of world commerce and ruling. But why the whole generation stop thinking critically? Why people fighting for insignificant things instead trying to change situation and themselves? Because  Orwell’s Big Brother really exist- it’s muss media , social network , all virtual space in general, and he is dancing and laughing and the whole world doing the same like being hypnotized. People think they doing something real when they create some ice water challenge or whatever you call it, but truly it’s fake. If only you can see wider you’ll see that whol entertainment social media concept with open and closed data, accessibility, connection and anything else you can imagine was create to keep people (users) from real life, real creation, make nations(majority) even more dependable from people who really own power(knowledge, information). The whole idea, if people want to change this situation, they should stop fighting around copyrighting and information pools which are already exist, but start to create  new pools, which will be built on a different principals and will be regulate differently, with no monopoly right , unfair copywriting, with high level of credibility, etc. And it’s can’t be just a wish, people can’t just relegate this to somebody else, it must be social responsibility of every person who connect with that source of information.

Open Access to Any Information

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Open data is a dream, and not a healthy one. Access to any possible information at any time for everyone for free will bring more problems than benefits. People just try not think about it deep, but for real – copyrighting, credibility, responsibilities from the both sides (users and contributors), hosting and many other moments are making the idea utopian. Moreover, same way as a gender gradation in wiki blogging I, personally, do not consider open data very seriously. Today it is not that important who posted more articles – men or women, same as for what information people has full access to. Right now we are living in an era of political, economical, financial and ecological crisis, that can easily end not in a good way for all of us. And this is showing us how regular people can’t deal with all presented information, even with limited data available, where facts presented nice and simple, regular users can’t see bright and are staying frustrated, which for example, can cost  life for seven shuttle crew members.

Open Data The Gift & The Curse

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In reference to the open data argument I think that can be considered the gift and the curse. Open data would serve as a positive because it would give everyone access to the information they need. For example a young scientist testing out his/her new hypothesis for an experiment would be able to access all the previous research in whatever field he/she was in. This makes advancing civilization as a whole much more easier. Also if a student such as myself is doing a paper I’d easily be able to access scholarly works without all of the financial hassle. The downside to this is that with all the reproducing of data it would be hard for the original author to receive credit because it’d be hard to distinguish who’s the original. Also with all this data going around it’d give people less of an incentive to create something because they know someone(s) going to take it and claim it as there’s. I think what we need is semi open data, data would be open but would have basic copyright restrictions intended to give the original author credit.

Power of information

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In both pieces authors discourse about advance of information. Badke gave us short perspective about how the idea of information evolution with human society and affect it at the same time. Rainolds, in his turn, bring to the table scientific research about how electronic information technology will have transformed American society in a next twenty years. In spite of authors moving with different motivations: Badke needed the basis for his modern information research method, and Rainolds just gave the readers interesting facts, they both make us clearly understand, that information is power, and as any power it has advantages and disadvantages. If Rainolds, actually, not doing much, in his article he just present wise look to the future, Badke describes situation where tail almost willing the dog. In his passages about credibility and quality of both- information and people who use it and care about it , Badke is drawing very sad picture: evil Google and web 2.0 people control the minds of majority and blocking from them real information. Moreover, I mention that Bodke is switching the idea of learning, which is , almost all the time , life  long process, with idea of research, which is, some times, can be done for one working day. Beside of this, I really enjoy my reading, especially NYTimes article and would like to say that in my opinion information research problems mostly depends not from credibility of sources or specific methods of doing research, but from personal experience and intellectual level of researcher. After all, Dorothy realized pretty quick how to survive, even before she understand that it was not a Kansas.