Everyone is a Media Outlet-
Discussion, newspapers, small town vs usa today, Trent Lott statement, scribes, Protestant Reformation, photographers, Enron

—Radical Change in the Overall Ecosystem of Information—

—A profession exists to solve a hard problem, one that requires some sort of specialization—

—Most professions exist because there is a scarce resource that requires ongoing management—

—A professional learns things in a way that differetiates them from the populace—

—Mass amateurization—

—Social change being driven by new technological advancements—

—The medium undermined the message—

USA Today was not the big threat, it was something they knew nothing about... the internet. What do we think our threat is to our future as "graphic producers?"

What other professional positions have changed due to the nature of interaction on the internet, he uses the example of the journalist, but who else?

What are some of the mechanisms we use to help us find like minded people? Think about these tools and how we use "tags" and "descriptions" to define us.

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Notes from class...

"Developed World" is there such thing as "Undeveloped anymore?"

Individual effort vs. group activities-challenge of resources and legitimacy with fact checking

Question we agreed was intriquing was "Why not publish this?"

Information vs our opinion-when do they cross over, what do we see as fact vs fiction

"Book can be created faster than it can be read"

We have a greater appreciation of professionalism because of the amount of low quality work

Even the word "News" has changed its meaning

 

 

 

 

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