Goodbye Gutenberg
Journalism is on a fast-paced, transformative journey, its destination still unknown. That the Web and other media technologies are affecting mightily the practice of journalism is beyond dispute. Less clear is any shared vision of what the future holds.
In this issue, words about journalists' experiences in the digital era transport our vision forward, while our eye takes us on a visual voyage back to a time when newspapers wove communities together.
To understand the larger media environment in which journalism is practiced—"the new ocean we're swimming in," as Jane Ellen Stevens calls it—she offers four must-read books:
"The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture," by John Battelle.
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"Taking the Big Gulp"
– Jane Ellen Stevens"We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By the People, for the People," by Dan Gillmor.
"Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution," by Howard Rheingold.
"Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter," by Steven Johnson.
"The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture," by John Battelle.
RELATED ARTICLE
"Taking the Big Gulp"
– Jane Ellen Stevens"We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By the People, for the People," by Dan Gillmor.
"Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution," by Howard Rheingold.
"Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter," by Steven Johnson.
