Yes, mobile apps are claiming an increasing share of time spent online, but the overall pie is growing, too. Time spent with digital media nearly doubled in the past five years, to an average of 5 hours and 46 minutes a day. Mobile apps have largely been additive to the online experience.
(Source: qz.com)
What do you think about the Declaration of Internet Freedom?
Announcing The Declaration Of Internet Freedom | Techdirt
Backed. Core principles of freedom that are hard to argue with.
This is important, all. A lot of sites are standing behind this. Is yours?
To me it’s self-evident that every news organization, like every blog, should define a community of bloggers. People who write with passion about their expertise.
(Source: niemanlab.org)
Internet to be world’s 5th biggest economy by 2016
According to a recent report from the Boston Consulting Group, if the internet was a country, in the next four years it would have a larger economy than all countries but the U.S., China, Japan and India.
Read more of the group’s findings about internet use and online spending on the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
The Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School has studied how the use (or non-use) of online technology affects actions and opinions in the U.S. Recently CDF published a special report noting 10 key themes that have emerged from this body of research.
Right now the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is being debated in a mark-up session in the House Judiciary Committee. (You can catch a livestream here.)
Elizabeth Flock of the Washington Post reports on how journalists are jumping into the debate:
“First came the critiques of civil liberties and human rights groups. Then came the slams from Internet engineers and Web giants, including Facebook, Twitter, and Google. Wednesday, the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) piled on by sending Congress a letter to ask that it stop the bill. ASNE represents newspaper editors, editors of wire services and online-only news organizations, and other journalists."
Not sure what SOPA is all about or how it affects you? Here are some links to help guide you through the bill:
The Act itself, as currently written
The Senate version (called PIPA)
An alternative to SOPA by Rep. Darrel Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
"The Latest from the SOPA Soap Opera”
“Lines Drawn on Antipiracy Bills”
With the bill in flux, we’ll be keeping an eye on any changes and the progress of the bill. As always, feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments, reblog with your thoughts or send us ideas by submitting to the ONA issues blog.
Infographic: What the New Digital Divide Looks Like - COLORLINES
From Colorlines:
“Jamilah King explains how big telecom created two Internets—one in which consumers and their content enjoys some, limited protection and another in which they are left prey to mobile wireless companies’ decisions. People of color, who have closed the traditional digital divide with their smartphones, are streaming into the latter space—and as a result, racial inequity is being wired into the 21st century economy.”
Read the full investigation, “How Big Telecom Used Smartphones to Create a New Digital Divide."
Tom Stites: Layoffs and cutbacks lead to a new world of news deserts » Nieman Journalism Lab
This is the second article in a three part series. The first article in the series, Tom Stites: Taking Stock of Web Journalism, is also well worth a read.
“In just four decades the Internet has spread to much of the world. Now, the shift to high-bandwidth connectivity and the global availability of supercomputing is accelerating.”
See more interesting maps that detail “the rapidly changing world of computing, communications and technology” in this collection on NYTimes.com.
“IJNet is a launch partner in the new Mashable Publisher Platform, which will bring the best content from select publishers directly to Mashable’s community.”
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