Joost shows more promise with CBS deal

Joost (pronounced ‘juiced’) has been the talk of the internet for months now, and is really starting to ramp up the publicity as of late. I was invited to beta test Juiced two or three weeks ago and have spent a little bit of time playing around with it. These are my impressions:

Is Protection of Individual Privacy Still Important?

What is more important: our right to know? or individual privacy? Can varying degrees of importance really be given to these concepts? It’s really more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants situation. Often an individual’s right to privacy is outweighed by the publics right to know. But how the importance is weighed differs from news outlet to news outlet; and from journalist to journalist. These are the types of things any reporter and editor must consider before running a story—a conflict between duty and humanity. As stated in Doing Ethics in Journalism "journalists… are human beings… more than electronic button pushers."

Why Does the Media Give Up On a Story When It Does?

Susan Moeller in Compassion Fatigue claims that the affliction is the result of how the media handle crisis coverage. They inundate us with stories of tragedies until they begin to notice the first signs that "the short attention span of the public is up" and then they can it. If there was a support group for compassion fatigue, I’d be the first up at the podium saying: "My name is Stefan Schussler, and I am fed up."

Political Satire Is Changing The Way We Look At News

Shows like the Daily Show or the Colbert Report are often said to be liberal-biased. Although they poke fun at both sides of the spectrum, it is the Bush administration that is most often the butt of their jokes, and they do it well. So well in fact, that the fake-news approach is becoming increasingly popular, and attempts are being made to duplicate it. Even Fox News, the infamous Bush propaganda machine, has created its own fake news program titled—in a lame attempt at humor—“The Half-Hour News Hour.”

Canada's Best and Worst Newspaper Websites

While old media is still the leading source of information for most people in the world. While a lot can be said for blogging (citizen journalism), photo-sharing (citizen photo-journalism), video-sharing (citizen broadcasting) and the lot, newspapers, radio and television news are still dominant. How are Canada's newspapers taking to the internet? Some better than others.

Blogging vs. Mainstream Media

Once upon a time there was the press. And only those who could afford the printing or broadcasting costs could ever hope to play the game. Then came the internet, a world within our own, where the old adage that nothing is free no longer applies. Anyone with even the slowest computer and a dial-up connection can now become a member of the media.

In The End, We Are All Conspiracy Theorists

Everything you know, or think you know, is a lie. There are far too many untold facts that even when told they slip from the mind in a matter of minutes, causing no real effect on people. They are pushed aside or buried in a flow of information and images and car ads—a needle in a haystack.