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Wikipedia: The Most Reliable Source on the Internet?


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Wikipedia is a fascinating corner of the web a font of knowledge that leads to expected places. But as any teacher or professor will tell you, it s not a primary source. Use it as a jumping-off point, but scroll to the bottom and seek out original sources for the truth.
Is that fair? Is Wikipedia indeed a repository for half-truths? It s a topic that Professor Amy Bruckman from the Georgia Institute of Technology s School of Interactive Computing has researched extensively and examines in her book
Should You Believe Wikipedia?, out in 2022 from Cambridge University Press. ....

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Mental health helplines need human-centered solutions


May 12, 2021
In India today, dozens of phone numbers are available for people who are having a severe mental health emergency. Oftentimes, however, callers experience difficulty in getting connected with someone who will listen to them; sometimes the phone will just ring and ring.
“People think that technology is the solution – that if you place technology somewhere, that’s going to do wonders,” said Aditya Vashistha, assistant professor in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science.
“People thought, ‘Hey, let’s just put up helplines’ and it’s going to solve the issues,” he said. “And that’s a mistake, because technology in and of itself can’t do things. It can only accentuate the existing capabilities, the existing infrastructure.” ....

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