Re: [Swprograms] OT: Loss of NWI (was DX Listening Digest 5-127 et al)

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

To some extent, what we, uh, older folks would call "dumbing down" is
more of a difference in how the <35 demographic uses media.

We have turned into a society of skimmers.  We want to know a little
about a lot of things, and then dig deeper into those things that
specifically interest us.  We then use other interactive tools (read: 
Internet) to do our spadework.

Through one lens, that's "dumbing down".  Through another lens, it's
layered presentation of information.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA


On 8/2/05, jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> While "Current" is a different kind of network with a different focus,
> I'm not sure it's fair to describe it as a "dumbing down" of news
> right out of the box.  It appears to have taken note of the more
> interactive nature of communications today; and of the distinctively
> different ways under 35s use media.  I think it is at least an
> interesting experiment that seeks to marry aspects of the "old media"
> with the new and entice an audience that--quite frankly--seems to be
> turning its collective back on what those of us over 35 commonly
> recognize as the mass media.

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