Has the Internet Killed Print Journalism?

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/28/Jimmy_Wales_and_Andrew_Keen_Debate_Web_2_0

Wikipedia co-creator Jimmy Wales debates internet cultural critic Andrew Keen on the fate of print journalism in the digital age.

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Web 2.0: Amateur Hour or Mass-ive Knowledge? A debate with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and author Andrew Keen.

In today's self-broadcasting culture, where amateurism is celebrated and anyone with an opinion can post a video on YouTube, change an entry on Wikipedia or publish reviews on Yelp, we increasingly turn to the collective intelligence of large numbers of people.

Should we rely on the "wisdom of the crowds," trusting that they are smarter than the expert few? Or is Web 2.0 weakening traditional media to the point where we only have opinion and chaos? - The Commonwealth Club of California

Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7, 1966 in Huntsville, Alabama) is the founder, board member and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit corporation that operates the Wikipedia project, and several other wiki projects, including Wiktionary and Wikinews. He is also the co-founder, along with Angela Beesley, of the for-profit company Wikia, Inc.

Andrew Keen is a Silicon Valley author, broadcaster and entrepreneur whose provocative book Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is killing our culture was recently acclaimed by The New York Times' Michiko Kakutani as "shrewdly argued" and written "with acuity and passion."

Chronicle, a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition and co-host of BioTech Nation on NPR. He has been a special correspondent and producer for ABC's Nightline and 20/20, and a producer for Discovery Television. He is a correspondent for NOVA's ScienceNow!. He is a regular contributor to National Geographic, Fortune and MIT Technology Review, and was a longtime correspondent for Life. He also writes for Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Outside, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Washington Post Book World, and The New York Times, among others. He contributes to the Dialogues column for Discover.

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[ihouvanje]

When 5 corporations control the MSM. People realize all the stories are the same and repeated over & over again.

Journalists have turned into repeaters.

The talking heads on television are under educated, rude, constantly interrupt guests and insult.The MSM believes they are celebrities.People are tired of the prepackaged propaganda.Living in Europe has shown me just how censored the industry in all of America actually is. People want the truth, not biased opinions that hide facts and distract

[sugarpuddin88]

Glad to see that we have more than 3 major news sources to go to today!

No complaints from me!!!

Let the best news prevail! (Rather than big corp's that buy out FCC heads of office)

[g0ldb3rg3r]

Aparthide israel will be really upset, their greatest Hasbrah Dog has been found out!

[bigupsforum]

if we had sustainable paper sources maybe newspapers would remain practical

[Raffaello9]

Internet hasn't killed journalism, though news paper writers are copying material from online sources much more often than before. And some of that material is very faulty.

[kamikrazi123]

Douche bags. All of them.

[sarastar60]

ihouvanje ...Well said.

MSM in America just try to rile up people to keep their ratings up.

I remember this year, the news was reporting how bad Korea was, and every day it was getting worse, until it almost seemed like a war would be inevitable.

Then all of a sudden, not a word.....

What happened? Michael Jackson died.

The media almost started a war that was nonexistent, and as far as I am concerned MJ saved us from that.

[IDoMyThingYouDoYours]

You cannot look at this situation, between the traditional press and todays citizen journalism on the internet. When your comparing it to US media. US media is the most messed up media other then North Korea and some other countries that dictate and control their people.

The American media is flawed completely and there is no other media like it.

[flightofthecondor]

Many print versions of publications have long had their web-based counterparts carrying the same news, so is it a matter of people turning away from print media or from mainstream publications in general, whether in print, broadcast or online?

It's clear that people are getting more disillusioned with the pro-establishment bias in mainstream media and are turning to alternative media, whether in print, broadcast or online.