Why the Web Mustn't Become the New TV 240
An anonymous reader writes "This article argues that Rupert Murdoch's bid to own complete control of BSkyB is only part of an ongoing process to make the internet a totally 'linear' experience. The increase in the use of paginated content and the proliferation of video over transcribed interviews are, the author argues, part of a tidal shift from a browsable internet experience to a linear one that will move the user's experience of media from genuine choice to a series of locked-down 'information rides,' in order to re-secure advertising exposure. The author also writes, 'Current worries among publishing houses that magazines and newspapers will succumb to the digital written word on the internet are perhaps analogous to Victorian fears about mechanical horses taking over from real horses in the drawing of carriages. The point is being missed, the wrong fear being indulged.'"
Re:Nothing but a Murdoch hit piece. (Score:4, Informative)
Who cares about satellite media? The future of tv is internet based video on demand.
Re:Japan's Golfcart & Exotic philosophy != car (Score:3, Informative)
If you would have read the entire comment, I clearly stated "a few decades ago". As in the 1970s. Back when Detroit had a strong majority market share in the USA. And thanks to their arrogance then, they lost that lead to Japanese makers who have continued to carve up their once mighty empire. I wasn't talking about what YOU like, I was talking about the majority of people, which is obvious if you look at actual sales numbers. And by the way, most of the popular Toyota models sold in the US are actually made here in the US. Just not by the big 3 in Detroit.
Re:Good thing (Score:1, Informative)
Or is it that you mistake your center for left and your left for far left, eh, there is not way to determine what is true left or true right, which why we should crap that notion along with conservative and liberal, many would call me conservative or try to stick me with that label, yet in many things I would be extremely left, that is not to say that on things I am extremely right, just that I have my own mind
Also as I see it
Fox: Extreme Right
CNN, ABC, NBC, etc: Extreme Left
All of them full of bullshit and biases, you need to determine the facts because all sources will have a biases ALL OF THEM