Being able to discriminate between worthwile and worthless claims to the status of information is now the most important skill in a era when access has been made easy by technology. What she is saying is that we are in an age of information, not all of it worthwhile and it is up to those who know how, to determine the value. She holds the web up as the prime example of what to be wary of, but the fact that it is even mentioned to graduating university students shows that accademics are viewing the web as an important technology for the future and should not be taken lightly. The web is a highly popular technology. More and more the world is witnessing the spreading popularity of what the web has to offer.
Every day brings new sites to visit and advertisements to ignore.
People enjoying this new way to travel around the world. This interaction is very important to the benefits that the web offers and that differs from the television with its sleep inducement. People have discovered a new way to see the world and they are enjoying it. However, unlike the television a certain amount of literacy is need to enjoy surfing the net. Although much of what is on the web is trash it still needs to be read.