Discussion 9: Doing Your Own Research
Initial post due by Friday at 11pm | Replies due by Sunday at 11pm
Discussion will be important in this class, so please post one initial post and two response posts. There will usually be time during class to do these Discussions. The posts are detailed below.
Instructions:
Initial Post
After reading answer the following questions:
- Why does “doing [one’s] own research” lead to worse results?
- How can people make better searches?
- The article raised concerns about “whether search engines providers can be incentivized to improve their products to favor quality sources.” How might these providers be incentivized?
- Be sure your responses are around 200 words.
Response Post
By Sunday, please reply to two of your classmates mentioning:
- Is your classmate’s solution an effective one? Why or why not?
- How is your solution similar to or different from your classmate’s?
- Be sure your responses are around 100 words each.
