K A I R O SA Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments
Volume 6, Issue 1 Spring 2001
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Search Engines and the Will to Truth

"...the order of discourse—the divisions, hierarchies, and exclusions that create weight and prominence and value amid the incessant chattering of voices—are based on separation, physical and institutional, between different and sometimes opposing discourses—the learned, the obscene, the hobbyist, the fictional, the commercial, the enthusiast, hot news, and cold facts—each is marked and concentrated in special places, but all come tumbling through the search engine portal. "

 

by George L. Dillon
University of Washington

 

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