@jenisedai
Regarding Wikipedia- the institutes of higher education where I have worked or studied have all come to the conclusion that Wikipedia is good to a point. It's good for a student to get a general overview to get familiar with a topic. It is NOT good to use as a source in an academic paper. I encourage my students to instead "follow the footnotes" and use Wikipedia to find good sources that they can use in their papers. Even with conscientious editors, information can be misinterpreted and misstated. I would rather my students do that on their own through the original sources, then have it fed to them through a third party site like Wikipedia.
@megeaton2080
Hey, don't know if anybody will see this but if you need help with your tracker/assignment then this is to help you. 4:53 is the answer to the 1st #2 question then 5:18 is the 2nd answer. The last answer is at 10:20
@wijione8083
I'm already doing this, I'm a good boy
@Beryllahawk
YAY Someone who understands why Wikipedia isn't evil! Oh, I am SO HAPPY right now! Seriously. I can understand why some teachers despise the site - lazy students who wish to NOT do the actual work of research so often try to use a single Wikipedia article as the complete basis of their efforts...But at the same time, *it's so damn useful as a starting point*!!! Wikipedia is, for me, the perfect successor to the old Encyclopedia section of the library. I was always in love with Encyclopedia Brittanica, back then, because I could find such masses of information that I could then follow up. I had the best damn papers in school because I learned HOW to research at least in part from chasing bits of information from the Britannica on out into other parts of the library (and later, from Wikipedia on out into the wild Web). And you're entirely right. It is a lot of work to read laterally. But taking the easy path isn't the right choice, not now, and not on the internet. We've gotten too used to believing everything that we read, though I'm not sure how we've managed it since even back when Charlotte's Web came out, it was already a bad idea....!
@d4mdcykey
ALEC declaring themselves "non-partisan". This just won the The Backhand of Irony award of the day; they are lobbyists in wolfs clothing, while taking advantage of tax-exempt status, particularly their branch-off, called the Jeffersonian Project. Great video! Very impressed thus far with the series; this is a topic that becomes more crucial and vital as each day passes. Let us hope more people are taking personal responsibility with their own minds using rational, evidence-based methodologies.
@alexanderb7721
He seems far more mellow than I remember... He has grown from his days making World History. May the Savior of AP World Grades Everywhere continue on, and take to the internet.
@SuperDaveP270
I think that because of my strong curiosity and tendency to be skeptical, I have been doing this ever since I began to have regular access to the internet. It just seemed like the only good way to go about it if I were going to try to get my news and information from online sources. Despite constant reminders to the contrary, it just never seems to stop surprising me that too many other people do NOT do this! Thanks for these vids, as always
@uniqueofficial7541
For all the students out there, Fact checking websites 8:45
@unleashingpotential-psycho9433
Being able to navigate digital information is a critical skill that’s only going to become more important in the future.
@samanthagroskritz2401
You're answering questions that I've been asking myself repeatedly for the past few years. Thanks for giving me some perspective on how I absorb information online and what I can do better!
@MarthaRoseMoore415
I've been reading this way for years, but I had no idea that it was called anything other than rabbit-hole research. I spend a ridiculous amount of time looking into dozens of topics, but mostly government and or/corporate malevolence, and conspiracy-based corruption in general. Good stuff!
@LRuth53
Today in my 20th century class I did this without even thinking and found that a source that looked unreliable was actually very credable. Thank you so much for this series!
@BryanTidwell16
As a public librarian, I've spent much of my career fighting for the legitimacy of Wikipedia as a resource for students (against public school teachers, mainly). Love that this will be featured in this series and is being given attention. Thanks, John!
@jang6812
This is such a great and important series. It's so easy to forget that this is not something that comes naturally to a lot of people. Well done, folks 🙏
@RobbieBlair
For places to go to check bias: one of my favorite places is All Sides. It's highly transparent about the methodology it uses to classify the political bias of news sites. I use it all the time when encountering new sites, and I've really appreciated it.
@camiloiribarren1450
Yes! Thank you, John, for teaching us how to be more careful with our online searches
@Pfhorrest
"You can't take anybody's word for it, but that doesn't mean all opinions are equal" is almost verbatim the core foundational principle of my philosophy -- by which I mean my academic system of philosophy, as in, I derive positions on topics like ontology and ethics and philosophy of mind and free will from that one core foundational principle.
@RachelReiss
It's nice to know that I've been mostly doing it right (so far, anyway). A suspicious mind is not always an asset, but it's not always a negative thing, either!
@danienglish9336
Thank you for this video series. I really thought I was doing enough to combat misinformation but ended up discrediting (quietly, to myself, but still) multiple claims I read online by doing further research I otherwise would not have.
@jiminslonglostjams0903