http://www.peterkrupa.com/2010/03/09/google-to-the-rescue/ An eclectic blog for talented people Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:17:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.peterkrupa.com/2010/03/09/google-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-250 John Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:03:00 +0000 http://www.peterkrupa.com/?p=376#comment-250 You could also argue, if you were so inclined, that millions of individuals getting online and sharing information for themselves is not a replacement for investigative journalism and does not promote democracy in the same way the major dailies used to. Millions of Twittering Joes are not conveying the same quality and kind of information as the bygone investigative journalist; they are simply not able to hold institutions and authorities accountable the way journalists could. You might say, then, that the economic rent that comes from dominating an ad market is being used to promote democracy in rather frivolous ways: by giving millions of people a platform for the sharing of mostly private, mostly inconsequential information--or at least for information that is, for the most part, harmless. Yay democracy. You could also argue, if you were so inclined, that millions of individuals getting online and sharing information for themselves is not a replacement for investigative journalism and does not promote democracy in the same way the major dailies used to. Millions of Twittering Joes are not conveying the same quality and kind of information as the bygone investigative journalist; they are simply not able to hold institutions and authorities accountable the way journalists could. You might say, then, that the economic rent that comes from dominating an ad market is being used to promote democracy in rather frivolous ways: by giving millions of people a platform for the sharing of mostly private, mostly inconsequential information–or at least for information that is, for the most part, harmless. Yay democracy.

]]> http://www.peterkrupa.com/2010/03/09/google-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Joe Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:52:19 +0000 http://www.peterkrupa.com/?p=376#comment-248 And the good news is that Google will probably keep on doing these things since they all are focused around getting people to use the internet as much as possible. Eric Schmidt himself said that the more people use the internet, the more money Google makes. So as far as internet innovations are concerned... Google's "cool tools" should continue on for a long time. And the good news is that Google will probably keep on doing these things since they all are focused around getting people to use the internet as much as possible. Eric Schmidt himself said that the more people use the internet, the more money Google makes. So as far as internet innovations are concerned… Google’s “cool tools” should continue on for a long time.

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