Posted in what we're reading on Sep 29th, 2008
Annual Internet Survey by the Center for the Digital Future
Interesting:
"…even as the Internet’s role in political campaigning and candidate communication has increased dramatically, only small numbers of users believe that the Internet is a catalyst for political change: less than one-quarter of users (22 percent) believe that the Internet is a tool to encourage public [...]
Posted in what we're reading on Sep 27th, 2008
The Media Consortium: If You're Losing the Game, Choose a Different GameMcCain NewsLadder
First blog post from The Media Consortium's mediawire project rounding up the narrative arc around the best (and some of the surprising) reporting on John McCain in the past week.
(tags: buildtheecho impact off_the_bus progressive_media media_politics)
Posted in what we're reading on Sep 26th, 2008
OJR: Build your own echo chamber
"… with thousands of partisan media options online, on the radio and on cable TV, folks who cleave to a single point of view can get it, without the hassle of having to slog through the other side's. And readers who want a recitation of both sides' views can find [...]
Posted in what we're reading on Sep 25th, 2008
CJR: The Press and Phil Gramm
Rack another one up for the independent media!
"The alternative press has led the way on the story of Phil Gramm and the policy roots of the financial crisis, beating the mainstream business and other media rather badly about the face and neck…"
"So, let’s accentuate the positive and offer an Audit [...]
Posted in what we're reading on Sep 23rd, 2008
BuyMyShitPile.com: Hey Washington, can you buy my bad investments too?
Just one of several grim but amusing citizen media responses I've seen to the bailout situation…
(tags: buildtheecho impact)
Posted in what we're reading on Sep 23rd, 2008
The American Scholar - The Future of Journalism - 12 Questions from Bill Kovach
Read these 12 questions on the future of Journalism. Have any suppositions or answers? And if you have answers, please don't hesitate to tell me! Here are a couple sample questions…
2. Will political advertisements, YouTube videos, and television comedians [...]
Posted in what we're reading on Sep 22nd, 2008
Harper's: The best magazine you don't read - MarketWatch
The author asks: Why doesn't Harper's create more of a buzz? My answer: Harper's is a buzzkill. Their archives are in PDF, limiting abilities to link. Their culture section seems to be written for 70-year-old male humanities professors. Their front matter is great, but their fiction drags. [...]
Posted in diversity, humor, impact, musings on Sep 22nd, 2008
Here are two different type of video news pieces to get your morning started off on an introspective foot. Now what I want you to think about is not just the news being conveyed, but how its being conveyed. The medium, the tone, the look, the breadth of information packed in a short [...]
Posted in what we're reading on Sep 22nd, 2008
Why Every News Site Should Put a Continuously Updated News Aggregation on the Homepage - Publishing 2.0
From Scott Karp
That’s why Google derives more economic value on the web than any other media company — because Google figured out how to be the starting point. And they did it by offering the WHOLE web, not just [...]
Posted in what we're reading on Sep 20th, 2008
Al Gore to Buy Environmental Magazine, 'Plenty'? - Media Blog - Jeff Bercovici - Mixed Media - Portfolio.com
Gore getting into the magazine world? What do we think about this? Wonder how/if this could connect with his other media project–Current TV?
(tags: media buildtheecho magazines)