Showing posts with label outbreak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outbreak. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Information Overload

As mentioned yesterday, with all the Web 2.0 tools, like Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, and others, information travels faster than it ever has. With some of that content creating concern.

"Some observers say Twitter -- a micro-blogging site where users post 140-character messages -- has become a hotbed of unnecessary hype and misinformation about the outbreak"

The complete story can be found at:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/27/swine.flu.twitter/index.html?iref=werecommend

Monday, April 27, 2009

Wikipedia

As we know online technology is a great fast resource for information.

The following wikipedia swine flu page provides more detailed information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_Flu

However, remember the people entering this information might not be trained professionals and cannot be totally verified, as with a lot of the information on the internet. This is being provided for reference only.