The Boy Who Cried Wolf

This fable is equal to the internet.

Some people may take what on Internet literally but certainly I’m not one of them. As I mentioned in my Social Media post, most people on Internet could be trolling for fun. And again as I mentioned on my first post, I had lost count on how many times Justin Bieber died. But he’s still breathing now, isn’t he? (or is he?) It could be some meaningless rumours like that.

Hey Justin. You're dead again?

Remember the shepherd boy and the lost sheep story (The Boy Who Cried Wolf - Aesop Fables) that our mom used to tell when we were young? The shepherd that lied that his sheep had been eaten by the wolf and when the sheep really were eaten by the wolf nobody believes him; that’s the perfect analogy for Internet. When the news about Amy Winehouse died appeared on the net, I dismissed it as being another Internet rumours and trolling but the fact remains that Amy Winehouse did die. (R.I.P Amy)

R.I.P Amy :'(

So, it is hard to decide on what news to believe and what to dismiss on the net. My advice is hmm let’s check from the most reliable sources like official news website like CNN, TM Insider.

Lies or Truth?

I never consider that internet is telling truth to all of us. But depends on which source the information come, it can be considerable such as Wikipedia.

So far, I only use Wikipedia as my source to do history research and find word definitions. However, due to anybody can access the Wikipedia by creating account there, they can alter the information from more accurate into simpler one. Though simple is better but I still prefer knowing all of it so I learn the truth.

I used to believe “Internet have all the answer”, but sadly the ‘answer’ is too many to count and only half of them is true. That is why I have to rely on Yahoo! or Google sometimes to find information.

The Internet does not lie.

Or does it? Well this is up to us to decide. Many times when we're faced with a problem these days, we turn to the internet for an answer, the internet contains a vast pool of information and in most cases when you ask it a question it will give you an answer, infact it will give you several answers.

Search engines like 'Google' and 'Ask' are popular today when one needs an answer to a question. From my experience i have found that by asking the Internet i've always received a good answer but, this doesn't necessarily mean that i don't make sure it's the best answer. By searching through various links to many other websites i'm able to come up with the actual answer.
I never consider the information i get off one site regardless of it's popularity to be the best information, researching a number of related websites helps me understand more about what i'm searching for and eventually come up with what's right depending on the arguments put across by the different websites.

Yes? No?

For me, sometimes we can believe it. But it is up to us to believe anything that the information provided in the Internet space. Normally, I would believe more in the facts as the newspaper online. This is caused due to the fact a lot of space to give the correct news. In addition, the space can also give us the facts information faster and up to date. I was also able to research the various facts that have been given. This would allow me to do any activity that has more information towards current issues. Besides, we need not believe in 100% of information given in the gossip columns. This caused a lot of gossip columns give the false news. In fact it was a fiction story solely to raise the name artist / leader quickly. I always read the gossip columns in beautifulnara.com and ohbulan.com to find the stories artists. But I do not believe whole-round. I just believe in 10%. This is because I do not know the story behind it. Finally, you need to watch with all information that exists on the internet. Not everything you think right are right, sometimes we have misunderstood what is actually provided in the Internet space.

Should I believe it?

As an ordinary college student, I seldom watch news or read any newspapers. Maybe because of my packed daily schedule that occupied with class and activities. So, I take the alternative ways to know the latest issues by reading the online newspapers or scrolling through people's tweets on Twitter. They give me much info though. I even get the news faster than watching news and read the newspapers. But, the only problem is the truth. Do you guys believe every single detail that they wrote on the online news? Do you believe every single video that people post on the YouTube? For me, i'll believe it if I thought that it looks really real and convinces me to believe it for sometimes. But then, I'll get the various versions of the stories that I heard of and that will make me confuse. For an example, I've watched a video on the internet about this huge riot happened in Malaysia. A few weeks later, the news on TV telling the people that the video was a fake video. So which one am I supposed to believe? That's the main problem. People tend to spread the propaganda on the net and blur our vision by convincing us that it was true. But, sometimes, the net can be trusted. But not every time. Only for certain occasions and situations. We can't anticipate people's perception. Everybody comes out with their own version of stories. It is just like listening to people's stories and you can't even deny them and just keep listening all over again. Other than that, trolling people is one of the current trend on the net. For those who seldom surfing the net, they might believes all those hoax and propaganda. So my little advice here, don't rely too much on the net. Sometimes you need real people to tell you the real story. 

Internet is one of the media which have developed long time ago and it still coming up every year because of the creation 2.0 technologies in this 21st century. We as community knew that media is a form to communicate, share and gain knowledge in our daily life. As we all know, media doesn't share all the information which are correct. 

This is a simple psychology. How many people in this world does says the truth everyday in their daily life? I bet it's none! Even if there are people out there always say the truth, it's sure will be only 0.1%. Who controls the media? Of course it is the people. When people themselves doesn't always says the true things in their daily life, why we should believe everything which is shared through media which is controlled by people themselves? That's the main reason why I don't often believe what the media especially internet says even when comes to "Official Website". 

For an example, the United States of America Government says that there is no such things about "UFO's" but is that true what they says? We have been seeing their planes which looks like "UFO" on the air by the evidence of pictures and videos but still how many of the pictures and videos are "REAL"? So, when all the people is not telling the truth just to get publicity, after all "MEDIA" especially "INTERNET" sure won;t be sharing the real informations because nowadays "WEBSITES 2.0" can easily be created even a kid at age 10 by using certain software like the famous one "ADOBE DREAMWEAVER".

Of course I am not against anyone or any party. Every people have their own opinion. Based on my opinion, if people themselves doesn't says the truth everyday in their daily life, why should we believe everything which is shared through media especially the most developing media like internet. In this world, there are always pros and cons. There are always true and false and there are always yes and no for sure. I does believe internet which is one of the media for me to gain knowledge, informations and lots more with a short period of time because of its speediness but I don't take "Everything" which is true in internet.

Do you often take what is on the Internet as TRUTH without thinking much about it?

Do you often take what is on the Internet as TRUTH without thinking much about it? 

I won’t believe it DIRECTLY. depends on which website of course.. Normally, I will go do some search the others website or articles which written by different authors first. Nowadays, a lot of information can be spread via Internet. It can be written by anonymous or strangers,these people might just write out their opinion through their own perception, their information maybe wrong sometime, but sometimes they are true too! their source or information might be reliable through an investigation. Other than that, there is still some reliable website which provides us reliable articles with good information. Such as Google!


But of course.... if is a blog. if the persons we know , higher possibility the things they blog are true and of course online newspapers.... they are definitely true =D