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The Text Revolution – Why Text Is More Efficient Than TV

June 21, 2009 by Douglas McLennan Leave a Comment

In the TV Age the tube has dominated breaking news. Watching crucial moments of a big dramatic story on TV can be compelling, and the TV news audience has dwarfed newspaper readership. It is accepted wisdom that TV owns the dramatic breaking story; newspapers bat cleanup.But maybe not. Watch a big story on cable news and you're in for acres of boring vamping and conjecture wrapped around the … [Read more...]

Peter Nelson on Too Many Artists Or Not Enough Value?: “For purposes of this discussion how are we defining "artist"? Are the various creatives involved in the advertising industry, the…” Mar 17, 13:02
David Beauchesne on Some Of Our Orchestras Seem To Be Thriving – Is This A New Trend?: “The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (& Music School) has experienced just under a decade of balanced budgets, and recent spectacular…” Mar 10, 06:09
william osborne on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “And finally, even the term "attention span" contains an implicit judgment that only clouds the issue. It's not so…” Feb 22, 00:05
william osborne on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “And about binge watching. The shows are based on constantly keeping the watcher in a fast-paced thrall. 24…” Feb 21, 23:59
william osborne on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “Sure, we now have minimalist genres, and various long forms in the performing arts, but they are mostly highly marginalized…” Feb 21, 23:53
Douglas McLennan on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “At this point, I think it's debatable that our attention spans have shrunk. As Thomas points out, binge-watching and marathons…” Feb 20, 12:56
Thomas Lloyd on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “Who is placing an absolute value on attention spans? Even if that is the only option allowed by contemporary…” Feb 19, 15:37
william osborne on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “One could take this a step farther. One of the greatest dangers facing the arts today is that too…” Feb 17, 08:14
richard kooyman on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “Why does the art advocate community keep asking the question "what should the role of artists be in their communities"?…” Feb 17, 03:30
william osborne on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “Perhaps it's worth noting that performances at the Met cost about one million dollars per show. Music theater and…” Feb 17, 00:30

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