But trying to evaluate the legitimacy of information providers on the Internet can be frustrating. Try reading the articles in this exercise . Brand-name information is one strategy for minimizing information overload. Hidden agendas exist in other media and can be exposed on the Web. John Updike and Neil Postman have gotten in a few licks at the quality of the net, but there's room to respond online.
People Here are a few net personalities.
John December , a PhD student and author combines his skill at HTML with pictures of books he has written and links to online resources he created. Howard Rheingold , an author and sometime magazine editor also provides information and a hip Web style. RU Sirius , another author and sometime magazine editor, is clearly raising similar questions to this discussion. N.C. The New York Times isn't fully online, but demonstrated what it could do on the Web when the Pope visited New York. The Wall Street Journal publishes its Personal Tech column online and on paper.