Researchers at the Pew Internet & American Life Project have produced a paper aiming to define the term Web 2.0. One conclusion:
That the term has enjoyed such a constant morphing of meaning and interpretation is, in many ways, the clearest sign of its usefulness. This is the nature of the conceptual beast in the digital [...]
The Buffalo News ran a story yesterday October 6, 2006, pointing out how the We Media movement contrasts with Traditional Media. The contrast becomes apparent in the coverage last week of Rep. Tom Reynolds’ press conference in upstate New York. At the conference, he surrounded himself with children even though he knew he would be [...]
Wall Street Journal reports Google is negotiating with YouTube to buy it for $1.6 billion.
“It’s damn cheap for a company that already has a global presence,” said Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with the San Francisco-based Global Equities Research. “YouTube’s brand identity is no less than Google’s and is no less than Coke’s.”
Story adds:
The discussions are [...]
Doc Searls has been busy writing lists of how to improve public radio and how to improve newspaper websites.
A key paragraph about public radio:
First, radio isn’t about “content delivery”. At its best (and the best of public radio is its best), it’s about informing people and relating to people. “Content delivery” is less than either. [...]
This from Ad Age about MySpace’s demographics:
In August, the site’s share of teens 12 to 17 dropped to 11.9% from 24.7% year over year, while internet users between the ages of 35 and 54 — not exactly trendsetters — now account for 40.6% of the MySpace visitor base, an 8.2% increase during the past year.
News [...]
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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.