Comments on: Online Subscription Models Are An Assault On Literacy http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/ Social Media Consulting, Public Speaking and Education Sun, 26 May 2013 00:56:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: The Friday Falls SXSW Shindig Is On! | OnliGence™ http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-58033 The Friday Falls SXSW Shindig Is On! | OnliGence™ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:27:02 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-58033 [...] Online Subscription Models Are An Assault On Literacy [...] [...] Online Subscription Models Are An Assault On Literacy [...]

]]> By: JasonFalls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-57870 JasonFalls Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:19:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-57870 You can now, in 2013. But what about the world where libraries go all digital? Or print editions go away. Then, the pay for use model in the digital world crumbles. Certainly, publishers can develop free licenses to libraries. If that's what this post inspires, we accomplished something. You can now, in 2013. But what about the world where libraries go all digital? Or print editions go away. Then, the pay for use model in the digital world crumbles. Certainly, publishers can develop free licenses to libraries. If that’s what this post inspires, we accomplished something.

]]> By: Reader http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-57869 Reader Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-57869 The writer of this article misses a point - you still can read the NYT and other papers for free at the local library and other places in the country. The Washington Post, for example, gives papers to schools to help with reading, writing programs.  The writer of this article misses a point – you still can read the NYT and other papers for free at the local library and other places in the country. The Washington Post, for example, gives papers to schools to help with reading, writing programs. 

]]> By: Jason Fontaine http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jason Fontaine Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-57732 Local content has, is and always will be king. It should be free and flowing. Newspapers should identify with the people they are servicing - nobody does it better. Why have we all forgotten the power local classifieds produces? Ebay hasn't. Facebook hasn't. Craigslist hasn't. Essentially - they are undercutting the profits of newspapers - but they can never provide for local content like papers. Every good newspaper lives and dies by their classifieds. By charging upfront costs - newspapers just made a dire, pathetically stupid mistake. Local content has, is and always will be king. It should be free and flowing. Newspapers should identify with the people they are servicing – nobody does it better. Why have we all forgotten the power local classifieds produces? Ebay hasn’t. Facebook hasn’t. Craigslist hasn’t. Essentially – they are undercutting the profits of newspapers – but they can never provide for local content like papers. Every good newspaper lives and dies by their classifieds. By charging upfront costs – newspapers just made a dire, pathetically stupid mistake.

]]> By: Are News Paywalls Obstructing Literacy? http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-57526 Are News Paywalls Obstructing Literacy? Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:30:34 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-57526 [...] Online Subscription Models Are An Assault On Literacy Forcing the general population to pay for news of the day content is turning them away from requisite knowledge for day-to-day economic, social, professional and personal success. And media outlets everywhere are clamoring to slap a “for less than the cost of a cup of coffee per day” paywall on that requisite knowledge. [...] [...] Online Subscription Models Are An Assault On Literacy Forcing the general population to pay for news of the day content is turning them away from requisite knowledge for day-to-day economic, social, professional and personal success. And media outlets everywhere are clamoring to slap a “for less than the cost of a cup of coffee per day” paywall on that requisite knowledge. [...]

]]> By: Rich Becker http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-57433 Rich Becker Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-57433 There is an irony here in that I had this exact same discussion with a publisher. He took the exact opposite stance. How can we report this information if no one is willing to pay for it?  My answer to him was the same as you. Information will find a way with or without newspapers (or literacy for that matter). Fortunately, we live in a time that we can actually do something about it if someone is so inclined, much like they did just a few years ago before the news was ever published on the Internet. There is an irony here in that I had this exact same discussion with a publisher. He took the exact opposite stance. How can we report this information if no one is willing to pay for it? 

My answer to him was the same as you. Information will find a way with or without newspapers (or literacy for that matter). Fortunately, we live in a time that we can actually do something about it if someone is so inclined, much like they did just a few years ago before the news was ever published on the Internet.

]]> By: JasonFalls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-57411 JasonFalls Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:12:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-57411 Thanks. Fixed. Thanks. Fixed.

]]> By: Max_wojtylak http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-57410 Max_wojtylak Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:02:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-57410 The word is populace, not populous. The word is populace, not populous.

]]> By: JasonFalls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-57407 JasonFalls Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:54:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-57407 Good point Sean. I think Rich hit it on the head in another comment -- that news outlets are often working to prove a subscriber's point of view is right -- appealing to one side or the other of certain issues. That's a separate issue, of course, but still ... the general public good is not done by cordoning off the major news outlets of a nation, region, state or city. Good point Sean. I think Rich hit it on the head in another comment — that news outlets are often working to prove a subscriber’s point of view is right — appealing to one side or the other of certain issues. That’s a separate issue, of course, but still … the general public good is not done by cordoning off the major news outlets of a nation, region, state or city.

]]> By: JasonFalls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-57406 JasonFalls Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:52:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-57406 Hey Rich. While I'd agree there's a ton of content out there to take care of literacy in the reading and writing sense, there's also functional literacy we need to protect. Sure, it's a bit Doomsdayish to assume, but let's say all newspapers go online and paywall ... that news is no longer financially viable to deliver for free or offline ... where are the poor and disenfranchised then? Yeah, they can go read free websites, but where are they going to get the needed functional information delivered by daily news? What political issues mean for them ... where road closures and traffic conditions may effect their travels ... where public participation meetings are taking place for government issues ... etc. Hey Rich. While I’d agree there’s a ton of content out there to take care of literacy in the reading and writing sense, there’s also functional literacy we need to protect. Sure, it’s a bit Doomsdayish to assume, but let’s say all newspapers go online and paywall … that news is no longer financially viable to deliver for free or offline … where are the poor and disenfranchised then? Yeah, they can go read free websites, but where are they going to get the needed functional information delivered by daily news? What political issues mean for them … where road closures and traffic conditions may effect their travels … where public participation meetings are taking place for government issues … etc.

]]> By: JasonFalls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/the-assault-on-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-57405 JasonFalls Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:49:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=17553#comment-57405 Well said Doug. Well said Doug.

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