Dan Gillmor, the citizen journalism leader, has some new things to say about citizens and journalism. He posts on the Harvard Business blog that we need better media consumers in order to build better media.
Gillmor, who runs the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, argues that media saturation compels us to be more sophisticated as consumers, and he offers a good checklist:
1. Be skeptical of everything.
2. Don't be equally skeptical of everything.
3. Go outside your comfort zone as a consumer.
4. Ask more questions.
5. Understand and learn media techniques.
Gillmor, who runs the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, argues that media saturation compels us to be more sophisticated as consumers, and he offers a good checklist:
1. Be skeptical of everything.
2. Don't be equally skeptical of everything.
3. Go outside your comfort zone as a consumer.
4. Ask more questions.
5. Understand and learn media techniques.
