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 »

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Dale Penn
3.2
by Dale Penn - Nov. 19, 2008

I get the concept from the title. The length of this piece demonstrates the downfall it critiques. The case for journalism seems to exclude online media, when in fact many would say it is print media that is the dinosaur and citizen journalism has rocked the media out of its dusty caves. The argument might be more convincing were it more succinct.

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