Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Media Black Hole: So Much News That We'll Implode?

Someone in my political comm class shared this fun story from NPR on what the perpetual news cycle is doing to us.
What if the rapidity of the newscycle outpaces the news itself and we wind up in some form of warp speed — living life in a wormholish, time-wrinkled world?
The author wonders if the onslaught of constant information is causing us to filter out anything but the few sources we already agree with and trust. It's definitely a cynical way of looking at things.

What do you guys think?

1 comment:

delphine said...

When confronted with too much of anything, eventually we need to make choices about which and how much we include in our lives, if only to maintain our sanity. A similar situation is unfolding with regard to today's "always on, always connected" digital communication environment ... some may be making choices about which social media/network channels to keep open and for how long each day.