Monthly Archives: May 2011

In this presentation I look specifically at digital music consumption from 1982 onward. I assert that both Winston’s supervening social necessity and Christensen’s new-market disruption played a role with the evolution of music listening today. Excerpt from my final paper: On … Continue reading →

Can instant messaging (IM) ever replace email? Absolutely not. Email is still far too pervasive in the workplace. I believe it will always be the number one form of non-verbal communication for working professionals, at least for a long time. … Continue reading →

Ben Bagdikian’s Afterword from his book The Media Monopoly really struck a nerve with me. Bagdikian writes like a true conspiracy theorist with his idea that the leading corporations decide what sorts of news and entertainment programs are made available … Continue reading →

We’ve defintely seen a paradigm shift happen with where we turn to for political news over the last two decades. As access to te Internet has increased 100 fold for most, so has our willingness to look to it for … Continue reading →

This week’s reading analysis comes from chapter six of Yochai Benkler’s How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. While much of the chapter in the beginning focused on the Internet, Benkler looks back in time to our experiences with the … Continue reading →