From drowning to surfing: A slogan's significance

✍ Scribed by Exner, Little Bear, Frank

• Book ID: 101251303
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 28 KB
• Volume: 49
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0002-8231
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(1998)49:1<92::aid-asi11>3.0.co;2-h

✦ Synopsis

open-ended to leave all sorts of problems for the redefined Godert notes that, having survived a period where we were drowning in information, we seem to be in a period group of practitioners to resolve. where we are happily surfing the Internet. This communication considers the social implications of this change

The second aspect of Kuhn's definition is satisfied;

in fundamental metaphors about our relationship to information. It is first proposed that, though a paradigm surfing the Internet certainly leaves ''all sorts of probshift has not occurred, the significance of the change lems'' for information scientists (as well as every other should not be minimized. The similarities and differences user) to solve. However, switching metaphors hardly between surfing and drowning are then considered.

qualifies as an ''achievement.'' Apparently the move Questions suggested by these similarities and differfrom drowning to surfing is not a paradigm switch.

ences are offered for consideration.