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| I still have an affinity for newspapers but instead of buying the paper, I now access all my information online. | ||||
| I'm worried about private interests, especially Google, being so heavily involved in both this report/project, and in the dissemination of information in general today. I think a future need is for more open, decentralized players on the web--for instance, there should always be multiple parties covering and distributing news, rather than one "aggregator" that chooses what floats and what sinks in the sea of data... my skepticism extends to the A.P. We need varied voices--don't let them die or get stifled! | ||||
| I learn a very large percentage of what I know about happenings in my city through radio, especially the local news programs on two of our public radio stations. A couple of attempts at launching Air America stations in Columbus failed, even though they briefly increased the range of local news programming available to the Columbus radio audience. We now have an LPFM station, but the coverage I hear is mostly national and global. | ||||
| I have no faith in the major media. They are blatantly left wing biased I disregard everything they say or print. I depend on internet contacts to get the truth | ||||
 | I'd disagree. I'd say because major news outlets are owned by typically conservative corporations, the major media tends to have a conservative bias. Especially Fox news. | |||
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I rely on a variety of news sources: NY Times in print, unless I am traveling when I see it on the Internet;The Economist; Google; Wikipedia, Le Monde, FinancialTimes. I think there is a shifttaking place from print to Internet, Cable, Satellite, etc., and that we will see who adapts and who does not. I do believe Arianna Huffington's comment that news is no longer a matter of "property" but of "links" and that it cannot be seen as " a walled garden." Media will have to learn how to adapt, change their pricing structures, Marketing, and 'think outside the box', as Rupert Murdoch, Huffington, and Schibsted (Norwegian newspaper publisher) have done. | ||||
| I read The Wichita Eagle daily, plus my hometown weekly. I frequently check The Eagle's online (kansas.com), especially when I'm out of town. also listen to the local NPR station daily and catch newscasts on local radio and TV stations. | ||||
| I get my information from newspapers, NPR, and online. | ||||
| Essentially, more money needs to be poured into projects like PEG community television. The internet alone as a medium without a local face will not suffice at all. PBS is too unwieldy to be effective. Funding from all three providers - television, phone, and internet - needs to be used to ensure a stronger future for the PEG model, which is by far the best and most successful experiment. Good PEG centers are great. Bad ones are underfunded or controlled by the government instead of independently. | ||||
| Please don't forget the role of education in this. Observations by a neurologist (Judy Willis, M.D.). The list is wonderful, explaining current knowledge about how our brains function to show how educational experiences should be structured. On the list there are three ideas in particular that relate to information/technology 1. Collaborate (which is what the new online tools are all about) 2. Evaluate Information Accuracy 3. Using Learning Beyond the Classroom | ||||
| Addendum to previous post: I am concerned that with the movement of news to online sources, that good reporting and editing will be lost. Internet is a great medium, whether it's news sites, feeds, twitter, blogs, etc., but the content must remain good, accurate and objective. Up until recently we've had titles we can trust, but if newspapers fold up before they're able to successfully move to the web, we run the risk of losing good journalism. In addition, economic inequity makes it impossible for many people to have access to technology that allows them to stay educated in current events, local and national. | ||||
| I'm disappointed that there is no coverage of how our elected and appointed officials including the number of days they work, vote or their voting records. I'm also disappointed that more information on law enforcement, public meetings and community activism isn't available. Information on public meetings regarding issues in the area should be publicized in advance, and not the day of or one day prior. Most of us work each day and can't just leave work without enough notice to make our voices heard. Less information on entertainers and more information on issues impacting families every day. Less fluff, more professional reports with actual information about the community and less sensationalized briefs as a way of enticing people to watch the news. | ||||
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Read the Wichita Eagle every morning and subscribe to their kansas.com mid-day report. Also like to see the local and national news on T.V. but don't care for fru fru news. I would like more global coverage on the day to day news from outside U.S. Also like CSPAN so I guess I'm a news junky. | ||||
| I get my news online from the New York Times, Yahoo, and (occasionally) from European sources (le Figaro, the BBC, Der Spiegel, etc.) and I listen to NPR on the car radio to and from the office. The local paper here is fit only for housebreaking puppies. | ||||
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Consumers bear personal responsibility for the quality of the media by having no direct involvement. If you ignore an important story that appears in your local media because you're chattering about it on the Internet, you have just given local media the false impression that you have no interest in that topic. If you enjoy your paper online, please consider being a paid subscriber. Stories that are posted free online do not pay anyone's salaries. Resist the easy temptation to reply to stories online and instead submit letters to the editor. A letter to the editor carries far more weight because online posting can frequently be anonymous, and a letter can additionally reach readers both in print and online. | ||||
| My news comes primarily from the internet and the radio (NPR), plus "Newsweek" and "Atlantic Monthly" (wish I could still afford "The Week"). Can't afford cable TV. Online, I read my local newspaper, the NY Times, occasionally the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun, sometimes Slate. I watch the Daily Show with Jon Stewart online and Youtube when something noteworthy happens. I am very discouraged by the news coverage of the local media: print, TV and radio. I think the problem is the dismal public education we currently offer. It is hard to blame children for disliking school these days, since they are being taught to the test, plus class sizes are so large and abilities so varied, there is too much waiting around and not enough physical activity. It is hard to blame teachers for finding children hard to manage because parents are too stressed to raise their children well. With flawed educations, consumers have little appetite for serious journalism, i.e., complicated stories. | ||||
| The questions display tunnel vision. News(papers) succeed when they are a catalyst for *change* in a community. Yes, this includes news. But news(papers) also are vital for commerce, "community building", social change, economic development, education, and for connecting people in both institutional and ad hoc endeavors. We don't need to worry about how to charge for content. We need to find out how to produce content that makes a difference. | ||||
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The problem is that I don't know what I don't know. I normally read about 60 different blogs a day - everything from local news to international news to sports and entertainment. But like the newspapers, if the blogs don't report it, I might not hear about it. That said, there are a lot of smart people out there providing their input about nearly every subject. We here in the US are fortunate in that we have the ability to research for information and express our opinion about it. I am for complete openness and sharing of information. Call it the "hip-hop generation", but the idea of people (even governments) keeping information (and hence power) to themselves is going the way of the dinosaur. Now it is up to the people to know what they want to know and to help other to know what they want to know. | ||||
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It is generally accepted that "Globalism" is good and "Protectionism" is bad. But common sense and an open mind would make it seem obvious that the opposite is true. Yet the newsmedia does not challenge the establishment or its underlying assumptions. Our government is not necessarily of-, by-, and for the People, if economic policies are underming the ability of people to earn a good living in the Private sector. The Money classes aare not expected to keep their compensation in line with their couterparts in China or India; but our people are. Public sector employees are protected from foreign predaations but private sector employees aren't. Agriculture is subsidized by our government; but manufacturing is not. I think that our newsmedia id dwindling and largely irrelevant because they are not the challenging the establishment in the areas that they should. | ||||
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I get most of my information from newspapers, both print and online, and from other online sources. I don't rely at all on television or radio, with the exception of PBS. The cable companies have cut or eliminated public access channels and should be required to provide more. Some people seem to believe that the "Mainstream Media" is leftist, obviously this does not apply to Fox News! | ||||
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