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What single thing can each of us do to assure that we and our communities (of interest and geography) have enough trustworthy, useful information? <

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Anyone, anywhere can be a media-creator

Journalist, professor, and citizen media expert Dan Gillmor tells us how rapidly diminishing costs and access to new tools is driving an explosion in the potential for anyone, anywhere to engage in sophisticated forms of journalism,...

Tue Feb 10 20:29:58 PST 2009

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Answered by slxpluvs

Thu Jun 17 11:07:41 PDT 2010

Put a price on it.

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Answered by Kristin Wolff

Tue May 25 20:34:33 PDT 2010

Embed digital literacy (by which I mean the set Howard Rheingold has framed) into every level of education and professional development (formal and informal) we can. We won't (and don't want to) stop the proverbial firehose, but we can all...

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Answered by Alvis Brigis

Mon May 24 10:26:56 PDT 2010

@ideasproject Verify memes in our competency zone. Find & trust expert-verified memes in other zones. Unify views using concept maps. Repeat. Another way of putting it, identify, clarify and accelerate our existing processes. Act more...

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Answered by Mike Axinn

Wed May 19 22:36:38 PDT 2010

In a time when television networks increasingly cite Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as sources, we need to insist upon citation and fact-checking for those instances when social media becomes news.

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Answered by stacia ho

Mon May 17 23:00:21 PDT 2010

Tell the truth, literally. Simply by showing our unbiased opinions but at the same time telling our information from a broad scope of perspectives. As an active response to the question, we should reduce our reliance on the good and bad...

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Answered by Teemu Arina

Mon May 17 15:06:39 PDT 2010

Howard Rheingold talks nowadays about crap detection (as something that is not just a skill for journalists anymore but every one of us) and infotention: information (we have plenty, how to sort through), attention (that which increasing...

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