Media’s Role and Wikipedia

In a newspaper, I got the fact that many people actively take a role in producing information, but they also make distorted information to hell. Wikipedia in Korea is one of good example to see those facts. Accoding to today’s newspaper, the Wikipedia in Korea decided to interrupt compiling 71 words including the name of ‘Lee Myeong-bak’, the president of Korea. The reason is that many people assault the president and distort the information about the president to hell. Media can provoke emotion as against reason, which can cause faulty judgement of viewers. Many visual materials such as video and photos should be shown in two sides fairly. However, people use the media to persuade and support their argument to the public. In the internet oriented world, we need to decide right selection. In my opinion, if Wikipedia use internet real-name system, many users can upload the information in taking their responsibility. It also would be helpful for us to get right information. Maybe, it will cost a lot to practice the read-name system. However, I hope I could see truth and real informations.

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