This workshop was thought by our course librarian Monica Sajeva who gave ‘No Google’ as a title for her lecture. Her aim was to widen our knowledge about how we can access different sources for our future projects. She introduced us to different kind of websites and databases by giving us a group task. For the following task we were not allowed to use Google, only the deep web. She said that Google is really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to searching online and there are so much more information on the internet than what is accessible through Google. This session opened my eyes to how privileged I am to be able to reach information so easily and how much I am not making the most out of this opportunity by using Google only when I am doing my research.
While researching online I found a very interesting article which stated that in the US Google owns almost 80% of the all the search advertising. The last time a company had such a high percentage of the market was in the 19th century, before the anti trust laws came into effect to regulate large corporations and prevent monopolies.
To further take this knowledge into practise we had to repeat last week’s research task, but this time for our secondary research we were not allowed to use Google. Because this time I was not relying fully on Google it opened a completely new door for me where I was actually able to really dig deep into last week’s subject. I found a very helpful book in the library titled ‘Portrait of a Company’ (G.F Smith). Holding this book showed me more of a real feel of the company and therefore gave a much deeper understanding of my subject.
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