How Information is Created
Understanding how information is created can help you know where to look for information depending upon you need.
As soon as an event occurs, it triggers an information cycle, which begins with immediate coverage on the Web, on television and on the radio. Newspapers and magazines also being to provide coverage of the event and, as time goes by, additional information appears in scholarly journals and in books.
In October 1995, an anthropologist made an exciting discovery while exploring in the Andes Mountains in Peru. How did the world learn about the discovery? How long did it take for the information to make it to television, radio, magazine and journal articles, books, etc.? Be sure to look at NY Street activity linked at the right of the page.
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