[Challenge:Future] Information Crisis
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The document discusses the issue of information overload in the modern era of widespread internet and IT use. It notes that the ratio of useful to useless information like spam is approaching 1:99 and questions what information can be trusted. It identifies two typical perspectives - users overwhelmed by information and destructive users spreading misinformation. The document proposes solutions like effective personal information management for users and government restrictions on "bad sites" for destructive users to promote the sharing of relevant, reliable and verifiable information that is useful and understandable.
![“ From your 677 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 13692 items, starred 418 items, shared 362 items, and emailed 31 items” (Perez, June 18, 2008) Typical users’ side “ When the individual is plunged into a fast and irregularly changing situation … h e [or she] can no longer make the reasonably correct assessments on which rational behavior is dependent ” (Toffler,1970 ) Typical destructive users’ side Destructive or useless information Spam PC viruses transmittal Hacker attacks](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/challengefuture-information-crisis2348-111128140507-phpapp01/85/Challenge-Future-Information-Crisis-5-320.jpg)
[Challenge:Future] Information Crisis
- 1. Valentina Alekseyeva Baikal International Business School, Irkutsk, Russia INFORMATION CRISIS
- 2. People use information every day : However The era of widespread IT has led to the popularity of the following things : get & analyze share discuss
- 3. Have you ever thought of the day when the quantity of spam and useless information as well as billions of personal reposts and retweets will be 99:1 ratio to the amount of useful information?
- 4. Relevant ? Reliable ? Verifiable ? Useful ? Understandable ? Fair ? What information will we have to trust? What information will be
- 5. “ From your 677 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 13692 items, starred 418 items, shared 362 items, and emailed 31 items” (Perez, June 18, 2008) Typical users’ side “ When the individual is plunged into a fast and irregularly changing situation … h e [or she] can no longer make the reasonably correct assessments on which rational behavior is dependent ” (Toffler,1970 ) Typical destructive users’ side Destructive or useless information Spam PC viruses transmittal Hacker attacks
- 6. Solution for typical users’ side Effective personal Information Management Make The World Better! Check information on reliable sites only Don’t let yourself to be misinformed Save somebody’s lives Really help people Contribute to the business & education Share and post no “odd” information , but information that can : Contribute to the society life
- 7. Solution for typical destructive users’ side Spam Propaganda of terrorism, national intolerance, suicides 2 1 Create a list of Limit access there on the Government level “ Bad sites”
- 8. Avoiding plagiarism It’s extremely wonderful to share your own words and ideas and, then, discuss them. BUT If the ideas are taken from another person, especially, from the book, article, interview, etc., don’t forget to cite them Misinformation avoidance Easy process of verification of information
- 9. Two types of control will result in relevant & reliable for the use of Sustainable business Global community Educational enterprises People all over the world “ Healthy” information Information that will help the community by: Awareness of actual current problems Collaboration in case of disasters
- 10. Resources Perez, S. (June 18, 2008). Info Overload: What Can We Do? Retrieved November 20, 2011, from http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/info_overload_what_can_we_do.php Toffler, A. (1970). Future Shock. Bantam Books: New York, USA. Therefore, let’s not make a dump from it The Internet has a lot of advantages The Internet was originally created to be a kind of free space where people could share information