studying the media ecosystem
Americans invaded Iraq thinking Saddam Hussein had WMDs. That turned out to be false but nearly one in three of us still believe the lie. Are they fools, or were they mezmerized by the chorus of pre-war stories quoting “officials speaking under the condition of anonymity.” In 2003 the New York Times used that phrase 118 times in its Iraq coverage. (I got [...]
This Economist cartoon suggests Facebook’s value is overblown; but what if social networks become the “Good Morning Americas” of the Web generation?
I observed, covered and suffered through the dot.com bubble. Moreover I have a natural antipathy to excess — at least as regards the hype that seems to accompany the rapid acquisition of wealth. So while I can certainly understand the talk about [...]
Startup Imooty brings the European Union to your browser
The fact that the United States is the world’s largest economy makes it possible for Americans to be regrettably insular. Americans can get away without understanding the language or political climate of our allies and trading partners. They must speak English and understand us — or at least our markets. But those lazy days will end. The U.S. trade imbalance, [...]
The Federal Communications Commission has scheduled a sixth hearing in its ongoing media cross-ownership proceedings, giving five days notice to the general public, and thus corroborating fears that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has the votes (a 3-2 republican majority) to let mass media consolidate further by amending or repealing the current rules meant to discourage daily newspapers from owning television stations [...]
A good deal of what’s been written about the impact of the Web on journalism, politics and other aspects of the life of the mind deal with distribution, aggregation, the proliferation of blogs and other forms of content created by amateurs (as in the sense of being unpaid as opposed to crappy). All of these [...]
I had a dream the other night, about how blogging could enliven and reinvigorate newspapers. I want to write it down before the memory fades, because it is my sad sense that modern American journalism has all the firmness of white bread dipped in warm milk. And I imagine that a dose of ‘tude from [...]
Poynter commentator Barb Iverson has written a neat digest of goings on at the Online News Association conference in Toronto. No sense in double digesting her digest; so give her synthesis a read.
You should also visit the conference blog for the record.
I got a few ideas simply by reading through the schedule: such as the panel discussion on using “serious games” to engage [...]
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