Comments on: On the relationship between mainsteam media, social media and academia 1: Mainstream media and social media’s complex relationship

By: Make Money Online Tips

Make Money Online Tips — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:52:12 +0000

Social media information might not be as accurate but it has a consensus of what people like.

By: Doug.vs

Doug.vs — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:22:16 +0000

I find it interesting in the “speed is bad because facts are not checked” argurment that the fact is that even when misinformation is transmitted seemingly instantly, there truth also spreads through these same channels.

I think it is worth the inconvenience of some misinformation ((ie Steve Jobs) for timely information ( Hudson River crash)

Also, some of the best articles I have read this year have came from extremely thorough bloggers…

I think both forms of information can exist amicably, but social media will win out in the end because information is not static- it is constantly being added to, morphed, and split-

By: darren

darren — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:59:32 +0000

To use a phrase out of context: “Speed kills”.

That was then…

Perhaps “Speed can kil, but is usually most effective” is more appropriate.

This of course, assumes that those in the blogosphere are not just throwing everything against the fridge to see if it sticks. As with anything, writers need to use their judgement and be ‘prudent’.

Just how far that definition can bend, who knows.