The age of the mass media is just that an age. It doesnt have to last forever.
Jay Rosen–Panel Notes: Will Mainstream Media Co-opt Blogs and the Internet?
2004 World Economic Forum, Thursday 22 January
Davos, Switzerland
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Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.