Behind the Incredibly Shrinking Media

What changed? What went wrong? Nothing. The audience's attention capacity has not shrunk, but the demands on it did — exponentially.... This "new world" brought us massive amounts of information but no new time to digest it, so we cognitively economize and focus on what's required. Full Story »

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by Kristin Gorski - Mar. 11, 2009

Some insights into the current newspaper debacle and a bit of direction on how to fix it. Armstrong expresses his opinion well but needs additional sourcing to provide more context and backup for what he prescribes.

The writer tweets from @themediaisdying. I recommend following them on Twitter (if you have a Twitter account) as they currently try to list fluctuations in all media outlets; it gives a pretty comprehensive list of what is happening out there, though followers have to fill in the context for themselves.

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