Comment Re:Institutional barriers (Score 1) 269
news wiki. (note: my forte is english (not spelling it) not so much internet) in the market, news is considered "what is entertaining to the public." which is strange, but it makes sense. news programs/papers are competitors to eachother. they have to hook an audiences attention... and then keep it inorder to keep selling their service to us(which, i guess is entertainment also). so they figure out the kind of stories that get their ratings up (they must appeal to the biggest population with the most money. example: "so and so has an opinion about "contraversy insert" v.s "linux... or "environment...the latter are two with a select interest base v.s the epidemic ten second grab for a contraversy with many sides of opinion that will pay attention ) news marketers run those stories that appeal to the widest audience the most frequently. there is such a huge amount of news going on that newspapers/newsstations have to be selective
news writers have a formula, basics of how to write the news to market it and also to keep people watching/reading (have you noticed the inherrently negative spin on news reports of all subject matter, ballanced of course by cute feel good reports that contain no information about anything outside the world of the subject).
the thing is, because you pay for your internet subscription and not specific info on the net (because technically info is free)also, because (technically,) people are free to write anything, there is no information bias as far as accessibility...(whats marketed or in this case, posted) just information organization (or sometimes lack there of)
one interesting point i read in here... that news comes from people, news sources.
think of news without a middle medium like a news paper (which requires money for printing... and thus, requires marketing... thus contains bias as to what info is presented)
so people go online to a site like wiki to post their news, articles can be searched based on information subject... location of event or both (and maybe a few others)and... factuall information will be ensured
1. because if you publish false information you can get sued (ex: a year ago my company started constructing the lights for the oil farm thats going up in alaska. falsely reporting something like this could get a person sued... fired.)
2. because other people will beable to edit as stories continue. (example: in "year" my company got an order for concrete to be poured. the story comes together as people post what they know.)
free info, possibility for development of detailed info, self regulated facts with an unlimited scope of info.
as far as ads... they just have to be there, they don't have to jump in peoples face and scream at them. advertisements can be displayed on a seperate page maybe?
as far as entertainment like comics word searches etc. they wouldn't be needed in an online news site because entertainment can be google searched to the users tastes. we have the entire internet with websites for cartoons, crossword puzzles, music, movies, flash games, online games...
as far as taking it to the toilet, dude... just wait until all the hardware changes, its going to be nuts.
and text viewing, if its really bothersome for a person they can copy/paste it to word, change it to wingdings if they prefer, and print it technicolor to read without the strain of a computer moniter. (even though the moniter, because it emits light, would probably keep a person awake to read better over paper and ink)
as far as paying for news on the net. stupid, all the things you can see when you bring up your browser... its free because you pay the entry price. we as subscribers to the internet shouldn't pay for things like that because we don't have to. the future of news is going to be huge, especially with the younger generations additudes toward normal media marketing. we have a medium that can cover the entire scope of news. we just need a loyal base of people to make it work right so it can be free (and there for not have a marketing bias)and reliable (having not gone through a chain of marketing opinion tweaking)
i think news will get around alot faster too.
so anyway. if the system isn't working anymore, because the variables have changed (and they have we have an increased amount of info now that has the ability to move as fast as electricity and across barriers of all sorts. it wasn't like that before.)then we have to change the methods to accomidate the variables.
news writers have a formula, basics of how to write the news to market it and also to keep people watching/reading (have you noticed the inherrently negative spin on news reports of all subject matter, ballanced of course by cute feel good reports that contain no information about anything outside the world of the subject).
the thing is, because you pay for your internet subscription and not specific info on the net (because technically info is free)also, because (technically,) people are free to write anything, there is no information bias as far as accessibility...(whats marketed or in this case, posted) just information organization (or sometimes lack there of)
one interesting point i read in here... that news comes from people, news sources.
think of news without a middle medium like a news paper (which requires money for printing... and thus, requires marketing... thus contains bias as to what info is presented)
so people go online to a site like wiki to post their news, articles can be searched based on information subject... location of event or both (and maybe a few others)and... factuall information will be ensured
1. because if you publish false information you can get sued (ex: a year ago my company started constructing the lights for the oil farm thats going up in alaska. falsely reporting something like this could get a person sued... fired.)
2. because other people will beable to edit as stories continue. (example: in "year" my company got an order for concrete to be poured. the story comes together as people post what they know.)
free info, possibility for development of detailed info, self regulated facts with an unlimited scope of info.
as far as ads... they just have to be there, they don't have to jump in peoples face and scream at them. advertisements can be displayed on a seperate page maybe?
as far as entertainment like comics word searches etc. they wouldn't be needed in an online news site because entertainment can be google searched to the users tastes. we have the entire internet with websites for cartoons, crossword puzzles, music, movies, flash games, online games...
as far as taking it to the toilet, dude... just wait until all the hardware changes, its going to be nuts.
and text viewing, if its really bothersome for a person they can copy/paste it to word, change it to wingdings if they prefer, and print it technicolor to read without the strain of a computer moniter. (even though the moniter, because it emits light, would probably keep a person awake to read better over paper and ink)
as far as paying for news on the net. stupid, all the things you can see when you bring up your browser... its free because you pay the entry price. we as subscribers to the internet shouldn't pay for things like that because we don't have to. the future of news is going to be huge, especially with the younger generations additudes toward normal media marketing. we have a medium that can cover the entire scope of news. we just need a loyal base of people to make it work right so it can be free (and there for not have a marketing bias)and reliable (having not gone through a chain of marketing opinion tweaking)
i think news will get around alot faster too.
so anyway. if the system isn't working anymore, because the variables have changed (and they have we have an increased amount of info now that has the ability to move as fast as electricity and across barriers of all sorts. it wasn't like that before.)then we have to change the methods to accomidate the variables.
