DIGITAL ENCYCLOPEDIC INTERFACES: REDEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF REALITY
Olesya Igorevna Sokolova
Inter-Regional Non-Government Organization “Russian Society of History and Philosophy of Science”, Moscow, Russia
Keywords: network encyclopedism, digital encyclopedic interfaces, digitalization, classification, information structuring, taxonomy, folksonomy, open nature of knowledge, decentralization of knowledge, reliable knowledge
Abstract
The article deals with the analysis of the problems of classification and systematization of knowledge in the context of current epistemological problems related to the growing phenomenon of online encyclopedism. The purpose of the article is to identify the main epistemic parameters of the online encyclopedia, which distinguish it from the traditional format. It is substantiated that the concept of a digital encyclopedic interface captures the changes that have occurred, both in terms of presentation and in terms of obtaining information by users. The main parameters of the Internet encyclopedia are outlined, reflecting both positive and negative trends in the use of digital technologies. The openness and fundamental incompleteness of knowledge, pluralism and coexistence of opposing positions on the issues under consideration, the inclusion of unverified and sometimes false information in the content are highlighted as the main parameters of the online encyclopedia. The example of modern online encyclopedias reveals the transformation of the encyclopedia reader’s function as a consumer of information into the function of an expert reader. It is shown that following the passive reader model can result in negative consequences related to receiving unreliable information or a disorderly set of data, which undermines trust in science as a whole.,
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