[Air-L] in dis-praise of the Chronicle

[Christopher Lueg]

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, Barry Wellman wrote:

> Indeed, my hunch is that each communication form adds on to the other,
> rather than displacing it, which is why I never get much writing done
> (today's excusive, anyway).

A lot of journalists looking for a 'story' appear to miss the fact that 
'netizens' are fairly good at media-switching and using media that suit a 
particular purpose (which in a way is also the un*x philosophy). As you 
just mentioned there is a difference between what we try to communicate on 
tweets and on mailing lists (just to name these two). Those who know don't 
need a one-fits-all (in fact we value diversity).

I think it was Steve Whittaker who pointed out this kind of purpose-driven 
media switching when analyzing the emerging use of instant messengers in 
corporate settings some 10 years ago (happy to search for the paper if of 
interest)

best regards
christopher



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