The article distributed in class titled "Information Cocoons and Wikis" was an interesting read because it brought to my attention that we should be informed about opposing viewpoints and not surround ourselves with our own "info cocoons". I believe we tend to surround ourselves with information that is similar to our own opinions because it is comforting to us. Humans tend to oppose change! We do not like to think outside of our box, but sometimes, especially when gathering information about certain topics, we need to! The article points out that we cocoon ourselves because we do not like to hear what we do not believe. We tend to stay away from information that is generally in contrast to what we believe. One example would be which news sources we follow. Everyone knows that Fox and CNN provide biased reports on the happenings around us. This, however, may not be such a terrible thing because it is helpful to know both sides to a story (This still does not make me want to watch Fox news)!
For my local information I usually rely on the Benton, Ky newspaper! You can visit their website by following this link!
http://www.tribunecourier.com/
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