I judge the value of information I find on the web primarily through credentialing the person or organization posting the information. If there isn’t some sort of information available, I may search them on the web, depending on why I need the information. I also check the date of the posting or last update to the page, to see how current it is. For trending topics, this is pretty important to me; but for more historical topics I am a bit less discerning. I don’t really expect a page on the Battle of Bunker Hill to be updated on a regular basis.
In person, it is a little different. The credentialing aspect still applies, but I think it is a little easier to be baffled with ummmm…. I have a tendency in real life not to challenge an individual unless I am very sure the facts are different. I will listen to what they have to say and then check it against other sources at a later time, if it is of high importance to me. In that way, both means of gathering information is similar, anytime something doesn’t ring true I always check other sources.
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