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  • Pete Ashton 1:24 pm on August 14, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: community, ,

    A quote taken out of context from here:

    Many people still read home-delivered print (more than you might think). Print readership isn’t directly measurable, but there are plenty of research tools that all report a decline in frequency — and along with it, engagement with civic life.

    This bugs me. I’m not doubting that engagement with “civic life” drops when you remove the source of information about it. I’m just wondering what it gets replaced with. I feel more engaged with civic life in my city than I ever did when I actively bought print media. I’d like to think I’m not unusual in that regard.

     
  • Pete Ashton 9:01 pm on July 22, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: community, Internet, network, social, structure

    A theme I keep returning to is how the physical makeup of the Internet, a networked system of autonomous nodes sharing information with no central point, informs the social discourse that takes place on it. I really must develop this further. Thus us a note to lodge that on my mind. And if anyone has thoughts or references along these lines I’d be grateful.

     
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