Two “tipping points” occurred in 2008. (h/t Stephen Abram) Both will affect the way libraries deliver service.
Ray Matthews says “Newspapers are in deep trouble” and he is right. Pew Research reports that for the first time more people get their news from the internet than from newspapers. (Of course, vastly more get their news from television). A good question would be how much of that internet traffic goes to online sites of traditional newspapers – and how much life there is left in traditional reportage. The internet is filled with “news” blogs and internet “news outlets”, like Worldnet Daily and NewsMax on the right, and Huffington Post and more traditional blogs on the left. Is there still room for traditional journalistic enterprises that at least evince an aura of impartial investigation and objectivity?
And this year, for the first time, shipments of Laptop computers exceeded those of desktops. The familiar desktop computer appears to be going away.
Two 2008 Trends: Laptops & Internet Supremacy
Two “tipping points” occurred in 2008. (h/t Stephen Abram) Both will affect the way libraries deliver service.
Ray Matthews says “Newspapers are in deep trouble” and he is right. Pew Research reports that for the first time more people get their news from the internet than from newspapers. (Of course, vastly more get their news from television). A good question would be how much of that internet traffic goes to online sites of traditional newspapers – and how much life there is left in traditional reportage. The internet is filled with “news” blogs and internet “news outlets”, like Worldnet Daily and NewsMax on the right, and Huffington Post and more traditional blogs on the left. Is there still room for traditional journalistic enterprises that at least evince an aura of impartial investigation and objectivity?
And this year, for the first time, shipments of Laptop computers exceeded those of desktops. The familiar desktop computer appears to be going away.