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As Media Shatters, Jeff Jarvis Is Ideologue Seer of New Age

The blogger, professor and media consultant has, through his Web sites, seminars, journalism classes, panel-discussion appearances and the occasional flame-war, preached for some time now the gospel of New Media. These days, it’s taking hold — and not just among the patchwork constituency of media studies majors, technophile utopians and media malcontents left and right. Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
3.5
by Kaizar Campwala - Dec. 3, 2008

Like most discussions of the 'future of journalism' that I read, this profile of Jarvis is long on vague opinions from old and new media elites, and short on substance and concrete ideas. Koblin gets some great sources for this piece, but only with the Keller dialogue on the last page is the reader presented with an interesting idea.

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