The internet shrinks your brain? What rubbish

Times - Of course, what all three of my Jeremiahs entirely miss about the internet is its quality of engagement. That’s what makes the new era so much better than the television age.

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The Columbia Journalism Review’s Division Over Dissent

Slate - When does dissent become Untruth and lose the rights and respect due to “legitimate dissent”? Who decides—and how—what dissent deserves to be heard and what doesn’t? When do journalists have to “protect” readers from Untruth masking itself as dissent or skepticism?

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On the Public Sphere, Deliberation, Journalism and Dignity

ResetDOC - We are facing a generation who is getting all its information online. The consequence is that one’s points of reference are so multiple that they may not intersect and a common world may not emerge. But fragmentation can also bring effervescence - says Seyla Benhabib, philosopher and Professor of political science [...]

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Is the internet out of control?

Telegraph - Internet service providers are chasing illegal music downloaders; the government may set up an independent organisation to protect web users from abusive bloggers; and the things people do online are being held up to greater scrutiny than ever before. The web is under siege from all sides, but is it out [...]

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How Can The New York Times Be Worth So Little?

BusninessWeek - The huge slowdown in ad dollars has hit the Times hard, and the parent company’s stock is worth about half what it was a year ago. At its current $12.48 stock price—down 46.3% from a year ago—Times Co. has a $1.79 billion market cap.

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The brave new world of e-hatred

Economist - What is much more disturbing is the way in which skilled young surfers—the very people whom the internet might have liberated from the shackles of state-sponsored ideologies—are using the wonders of electronics to stoke hatred between countries, races or religions. Sometimes these cyber-zealots seem to be acting at their governments’ behest—but [...]

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Do electronic books threaten the future of traditional publishing?

Independent - After years of anticipation, the e-book has arrived and it looks set to stay. The long-term danger for publishers is if they don’t invest in digital technology for their content. They could also lose out if they just make classics available for e-book readers and not the most recent popular titles.

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