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So the readings and videos weren't quite enough to satisfy your curiosity, eh? Take a crack at some of these resources for more in-depth coverage of the topics.
Nicholas Carr, The Atlantic Magazine | July/August 2008
"...what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles. Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski."
Net Smart: How to Thrive Online
Net Smart: How to Thrive Online
Howard Rheingold | 2012
Believe it or not: Authority and credibility of sources on the web
Believe it or not: Authority and credibility of sources on the web
"I want to introduce you to new know-how (and how to know in new ways) by sharing what I've learned about five literacies that are in the process of changing our world: attention, participation, collaboration, the critical consumption of information (aka "crap detection"), and network smarts. When enough people become proficient at these skills, then healthy new economies, politics, societies, and cultures can emerge" (p. 5).
In this previously-recorded webinar, Tasha Bergson-Michelson (a librarian at Google) discusses strategies for determining authority and credibility of various web sources. (1:11:04)
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