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Information and Epistemological Problem in Digital World
Wendi Zarman

Universitas Komputer Indonesia


Abstract

The information explosion is practically unavoidable now. Meanwhile, the progressive development of information and communication technology (ICT) with the internet as the main information source has driven the huge number of information that keep them growing exponentially. This article discusses about epistemological problem in digital world as the amount of information or data grow rapidly. There are two concepts in information need to be properly understood. First, information are difference with knowledge, therefore having a lot of information does not mean having a lot of knowledge. Second, not all information are true, some are false or invalid. Therefore, information resipient need to judge the information validity by judging the information content and its credibility source.

Keywords: information, epistemology, knowledge, internet, digital

Topic: Sciences

Link: https://ifory.id/abstract/PJmxfGDzTECr

Conference: 2nd International Conference on Informatics, Engineering, Science and Technology (INCITEST 2019)

Plain Format | Corresponding Author (Wendi Zarman)

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