Wikipedia Midterm Blog Entry

1) I would not consider using Wikipedia as a scholarly source, but it certainly is the best starting point I can think of. Not only does it give a base of information that can be considered in most case truthful. It gives you a base of sources you can start sifting through to start your true research. That is the strength of Wikipedia it gives you a great launch pad and helpful clues to start your research with the sources at the bottum. Its weakness tends to be the fact that sometimes information can be misleading or biased. Sometimes there is no reference for an assertion and that can be detrimental if you use only Wikipedia for all your information as a random person can assume anything.
2)These strengths of Wikipedia impact our daily lives in the way that we can attain information in a moments notice unlike anytime ever before. This effects the way we consume information as now more then ever people need to be taught the ways of being a critical thinker because with the relative ease of information comes the relative ease of anyone spreading disinformation. One needs to understand the importance of sources because anyone can spread viral disinformation and if people are gullible to believe exactly what they read from any source word for word without making sure it is legitimate information well then becomes a problem. American culture is in tune with technology for the most part so things are not going to revert back anytime soon, we just need to accept this and as things move along we need to stay fluid and realize that critical thinking of any new information is key before accepting it as true.
3)I learned from this project that any sort of subject that yields controversy is going to be biased in some way shape or form. It is inevitable, especially when the biased information can be true and public opinion agrees with what is being said. To that extent you really have to search to get the flip side of what is being said. I will take away from this project that wikipedia will always be a great stepping stone and nothing more. But even to that extent that is great stepping stone.