“Contemporary media scholars are tapping a range of different media platforms to circulate their ideas: Howard Rheingold uses video podcasts (http://vlog.rheingold.com/), YouTube represents both the content and the medium of Alexandra Juhasz' critiques (http://youtube.com/user/MediaPraxisme), Peter Ludlow edits the town newspaper for Second Life, using it as a platform for sharing his insights into virtual worlds (http://secondlifeherald.com)” (Jenkins, 2008). Mr. Jenkins in his article writes about the relatively new mass media acceptance of posting scholarly essays online. My younger brother writes for the Denver Post newspaper. He finds it irritating that I have a daily subscription to the newspaper, yet never read it. I prefer to gather news and information online. I read my brother’s articles online, it’s my fiancé who likes the feel of the newspaper between her fingers. If I have time to kill in an airport or on a flight to Yugoslavia, I’ll tackle the newspaper — but I don’t understand the fascination with it. Instantaneous information, much more timely than the newspaper, can be found online 24 hours a day. The video, audio, and photographic slide shows that accompany news stories online fill in the gaps of information that the newspaper contains by omission. It may be a generational thing. My mother has a dial-up connection to the Internet. Her newspaper preference may stem in part from the fact that it takes 10 minutes for the home page of CNN.com to load on her computer. We are vigilant recyclers in my home, and while I know that people try to do the right thing, I see trashcans stuffed with newspapers and the orange plastic bags that are delivered in. I am a fan of my brother’s writing. I encourage people who haven’t discovered him yet to read his articles. I don’t tell them they have to pick up a newspaper, I just point them to the website: http://www.denverpost.com/music
Jenkins, Henry. "In 2008, Is the Medium Still the Message?." The Chronicle of Higher Education 54.30 (April 4, 2008): NA. Academic OneFile. Gale. BCR Regis University. 6 June 2008
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