Overload!
Journalism’s battle for relevance in an 
age of too much information
The idea that news consumers, even young ones, are overloaded should hardly come as a surprise. The information age is defined by output: we produce far more information than we can possibly manage, let alone absorb. Before the digital era, information was limited by our means to contain it. Publishing was restricted by paper and delivery costs; broadcasting was circumscribed by available frequencies and airtime. The Internet, on the other hand, has ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Ironically, we have available more information media--including the massive output of the internet--than ever before. But it seems as if content is increaslingly more shallow. Often news is presented in short bytes using bumper sticker logic. Real guidance about where to find substantial content remains elusive.