4. Between the pipes and
journalistic practice we find…
* Institutions: De Telegraaf,
NOS, the New York Times.
* Professional ties: peer
culture, trade unions
* People with power,
reputation, track records
5. Communication under a broadcasting system is…
One way
Centralized
Controlled
Smart network, "dumb" terminals
One-to-many
Strongly vertical, weakly horizontal
Audience is atomized: disconnected from each other
Channels are scarce, attention is abundant
6. But communication on the web is…
Two way
Decentralized
Decontrolled
Few-to-few, one to few, one-to-one and one-to-many
Strongly horizontal and vertical
Audience atomization is being overcome; falling costs to connect
Dumb (or minimal) network, smart terminals
Attention is scarce and channels abundant
7. Broadcasting vs. The Web 1
• One way
• Centralized
• Controlled
• Smart network,
“dumb” terminals
• One-to-many
• Two Way
• Decentralized
• Decontrolled
• “Dumb” network,
smart terminals
• Few-to-few, one-to-
few, one-to-one and
one-to-many
8. Broadcasting vs. The Web: 2
• Strongly vertical,
weakly horizontal
• Atomized audience:
connected up,
disconnected from
each other
• Channels are
scarce, attention
abundant
• Strongly horizontal
and vertical
• Audience
atomization
overcome: falling
costs to connect
• Attention is scarce,
channels (sites) are
abundant
9. Principles of a new practice: 1
There is no single economic
model to replace the one that
the Internet broke (via Clay
Shirky)
10. Principles of a new practice: 2
The gods of the production
routine have fallen. The new
gods are the users
themselves.
11. Principles of a new practice: 3
Under conditions of
abundance, do what you do
best and link to the rest (via
Jeff Jarvis)
12. Principles of a new practice: 4
"There's no such thing as
information overload, there's
only filter failure.” (Clay Shirky,
again)
13. Principles of a new practice: 5
Professional authority hasn't
disappeared from
journalism… but it has
changed form.
14. Principles of a new practice: 6
The news professions have
been optimized for low
participation. Seeking change,
Alan Rusbridger calls for the
"mutualisation of journalism."
15. Principles of a new practice: 7
Anyone can doesn't mean
everyone will.
And everywhere on the web
the one percent rule applies.
16. Alexis DeTocqueville, 1835
"Newspapers make
associations and associations
make newspapers.... The
number of newspapers
increases in proportion to that
of associations."
17. Jay Rosen, pressthink.org and
New York University:
What's Different (Really
Different) about the Web
jr3@nyu.edu
Twitter: @jayrosen_nyu
