The age of digital information digital encyclopedias, such as Wikipedia, have several strong points. One is the ability to find information quickly and to link to further details. A user can easily click on a word and jump to define it or seek facts about a similar field. However, perhaps the greatest feature of online information is that most of it is free. This explains Wikipedia’s growth: a 2010 survey found that 69 percent of US college students used it.
Wikipedia is just one example of a shift in the way we get information. Once, we relied on newspapers. But why pay for news when that information can be found on the internet for free? Further, online news is up to date, but a newspaper is typically a day old. People still watch TV, but more and more we are turning to the internet for entertainment as well as news. We can get music, movies, and book online. Online information is not only cheap and convenient; it also harms nature less. No trees are cut down to make a digital book, and no energy is needed to transport it.
The age of digital information digital encyclopedias, such as Wikipedia, have several strong points. One is the ability to find information quickly and to link to further details. A user can easily click on a word and jump to define it or seek facts about a similar field. However, perhaps the greatest feature of online information is that most of it is free. This explains Wikipedia’s growth: a 2010 survey found that 69 percent of US college students used it. Wikipedia is just one example of a shift in the way we get information. Once, we relied on newspapers. But why pay for news when that information can be found on the internet for free? Further, online news is up to date, but a newspaper is typically a day old. People still watch TV, but more and more we are turning to the internet for entertainment as well as news. We can get music, movies, and book online. Online information is not only cheap and convenient; it also harms nature less. No trees are cut down to make a digital book, and no energy is needed to transport it.
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