People who grew up with Wikipedia seem far better informed than their intellectual/personality peers from older gens at same age. Jevons paradox. They know more *because* they can look up anything. No curiosity left unsatisfied. I’d estimate a 10y advantage in factual knowledge
I didn’t use the word citizen. I said people. The fact that you made the substitution is very revealing. Others arguing your position might have subbed “consumer” or “community member”.
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In fact I think people weren’t any better informed as “citizens” in the past either, when elites had greater ability to dictate their consumption. Most people still skipped straight to the sports section or whatever best fit their curiosity. Not local town hall debates.
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So arguably, the guy who was limited to sports and comics section, or the woman who could choose between cooking and fashion... such “info-seeking personas” can now range far wider/deeper
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Take any of those. I don’t think Wikipedia helps people become better informed consumers or community participants, either. But you know what *does* help people become better informed consumers? The FDA. Standards organizations. Lemon laws. Etc.
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My whole point is that those personas are *imposed* personas and are all equally bad! I’m arguing for empowerment in choices about what to even learn about and becoming informed about whatever you want, rather than to fit someone else’s idea of being informed for their purposes!
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Sure there’s some availability bias but that’s true of all media. Academic western libraries have their own biases.