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Topic Submitted: “The Internet is Bad for Journalism”
Focusing on the deeper and less obvious effects of the Internet will help us optimize its use. As the Internet changes at an exponentially faster rate, we must slow down and understand its movement in our stories.” Thanks Linda Quigley for helping flesh out the description copy! I’m giving this talk at the SouthEast Journalism Conference on Valentine’s Day morning, and yes there will be a Snow Crash reference. Wait for it…
“The full story of the Internet hasn’t been told. We understand the Internet helps bring speed, transparency, and community to our field, but we’re far less familiar with how the Internet is hurting journalism. And, no, you don’t have to cancel your wireless connection. Nathan T. Baker, an ‘08 journalism grad, just wants to show you how our patterns of surfing the Internet contribute to our lack of genuine discourse and creativity in our writing and contribute to us being consumers and not creators.
