That's the contention of Michael Josefowicz over at MediaShift of PBS. The thinking goes like this:
... most of the public discourse tends to be dominated by
information junkies and there is little doubt that if you're an
information junkie, the web is the way to go. But the reality is that
info-junkies are only a small tribe. They consume the news at a
prodigious rate and the web is the fastest way to satisfy their
appetite. Thus, they're also the most vocal tribe -- so it's easy to
get the impression that theirs is the most widely held conclusion. But
if you listen to some of the discourse, it soon becomes apparent that
it's only one way to look at it.
Thanks to Ben R. for the link (and the tip about MediaShift, which is tagged as a PBS web resource that "tracks how new media -- from weblogs to podcasts to citizen journalism -- are changing society and culture" via commentary and reporting.)
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