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| − | Tara Brabazon is a professor of media studies at the [[University of Brighton]] at [[Brighton & Hove]] in the south of [[England]]. She was a finalist for [[Australia | + | '''Tara Brabazon''' is a professor of media studies at the [[University of Brighton]] at [[Brighton & Hove]] in the south of [[England]]. She was a finalist for [[Australia]]n Teacher of the Year in 2005.<ref> |
| − | http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/bio.asp?pID=211</ref> | + | http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/bio.asp?pID=211</ref> and is director of the [[Popular Culture Collective]] which tries to document popular culture with academic rigor.<ref>http://popularculturecollective.com/</ref><ref>http://brabazon.net/</ref> |
| − | Brabazon came to international attention after she criticized [[Wikipedia]] and [[Google]] for encouraging a lack of critical thinking in students. Brabazon banned her students from using either website and compared the sites to "white bread" as they were filling but not nutritional.<ref>http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3182091.ece</ref>. Wikipedia responded to this by | + | Brabazon came to international attention in January of 2008 after she criticized [[Wikipedia]] and [[Google]] for encouraging a lack of critical thinking in students. Brabazon banned her students from using either website, and compared the sites to "white bread" as they were filling but not nutritional.<ref>http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3182091.ece</ref>. Wikipedia responded to this by increasing the size of their article on her.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tara_Brabazon&diff=185239668&oldid=171903290</ref> Professor Brabazon has also criticized Wikipedia for stifling debate and critical evaluation.<ref name=Telegraph>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/14/nuni114.xml</ref>. Her views are similar the views of [[Andrew Keen]], another Wikipedia critic. <ref name=Telegraph/> |
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Revision as of 21:39, January 22, 2008
Tara Brabazon is a professor of media studies at the University of Brighton at Brighton & Hove in the south of England. She was a finalist for Australian Teacher of the Year in 2005.[1] and is director of the Popular Culture Collective which tries to document popular culture with academic rigor.[2][3]
Brabazon came to international attention in January of 2008 after she criticized Wikipedia and Google for encouraging a lack of critical thinking in students. Brabazon banned her students from using either website, and compared the sites to "white bread" as they were filling but not nutritional.[4]. Wikipedia responded to this by increasing the size of their article on her.[5] Professor Brabazon has also criticized Wikipedia for stifling debate and critical evaluation.[6]. Her views are similar the views of Andrew Keen, another Wikipedia critic. [6]
References
- ↑ http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/bio.asp?pID=211
- ↑ http://popularculturecollective.com/
- ↑ http://brabazon.net/
- ↑ http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3182091.ece
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tara_Brabazon&diff=185239668&oldid=171903290
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/14/nuni114.xml