Why Shouldn T Wikipedia Be Considered As A Source In Academics?

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Modern media is based on the idea of having information at ones fingertips. With advances in technology and the growth of the internet, people from all around the world can find information in an instant and use it in their day to day lives. With Facebook, twitter, Instagram connecting people all across the globe instantly, why shouldn’t Wikipedia which grants its user immediate information to be used as a source in academics? One reason why Wikipedia should be considered as a reliable reference is the amount of information available to its users and the variety of subjects covered. Another reason why Wikipedia can be used as a valid solid references from academic journals and educational websites, which can be used to help further study. …show more content…

Wikipedia articles cover a huge amount of subjects, from cooking to the making of the Atomic Bomb Wikipedia probably has an article about it. Wikipedia has a grand total of 35,000,000 articles in hundreds of different languages (Polk, Johnston and Evers). As Technology advances so does the need to share information. “All kinds of social interaction which the internet would have been out of the question are now feasible, and today there are dozens of ways people can participate in reporting new, Questioning, Debating and creating cultural products” (Ayers, Matthews and Yates). As the age of information becomes more technically advanced, Wikipedia provides instant information its users, and thus connects them with the rest of the world. Many Wikipedia “doubters” believe that Wikipedia is very inaccurate and doesn’t provide reliable information, however a study in by Nature the international weakly journal of science in 2005 proved that Wikipedia was as accurate as The Encyclopedia Britannica (Sunburn). Clearly, with so much information available on one easy to access site Wikipedia should be as a reference for university

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