I was skeptical. No, more just like I didn't really care or relate to the article until this line about halfway down:
"In print, the process leads to a product. Online, the process is the product." I liked this quotation because,well, it makes all of this exciting! Like the news is alive, rather than dead and lonely, printed in the newspaper that no one will pick up.
So, Jarvis pretty much describes the "press-sphere" as everything that contributes to a news story (usually posted online). These things are: video, photo, links, quote, feed, corrections, comments, and narrative. His model made crystal clear sense to me, which is exciting because I don't feel as much as a Internet/news skeptic now. His language was easy to understand. And I like pictures :)
How does this model relate to my experience with the news? Well, I don't ever comment on news stories, I haven't been witness to any, I haven't uploaded photos or videos to further along a story, or made any type of corrections. But I do witness the news story itself, I do see the process. I'm only an observer, but thanks to this new "press-sphere" roaming about, I can now be a better informed observer who can access the true story and see how it develops. I think that the coolest thing about this new "press sphere" is the commenting portion. It's so totally neat-o that I can read what other people are saying about the story. I had never thought about this aspect! You don't get to read comments in the black and white newspaper! Viewing what other, "average joe" people are saying about the story helps me to create my own opinions on the subject, since commentators often bring up new related topics that the article did not cover.
I really liked how this article defined the new press-sphere. It reminds me of a bee-hive, in a good way. :)
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