science journalism

Too Much Choice is Bad

Id like to make an overly obvious comment today....

Why....I ask.....are science news sites so overwhelming?

Sites like ScienceDaily, Seed, and even Wired offer a plethora of news stories--wait, plethora is the wrong word--these sites offer a overabundance--no--a gargantuan quantity of news stories on their front pages, as if the reader would be comforted by the sheer number of options offered for greedy consumption.

Well, im here to tell you--cross-eyed, overworked editors of online news rags--too many choices are just as enraging as having too few. According to APA online (this seems like a no-duh to me: By the way--someone actually said no-duh to me today. Ha!)

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Blogging in the 19th Century: The Future of Journalism

The Victorians had some great ideas about the future of blogging. Indeed, many people in the Victorian era were much wiser when it came to blogging than a lot of 21st century bloggers are, which is surprising, given that trying to talk to a Victorian about "blogging" would probably land you in an insane asylum. Having said that, I would imagine that any readers able to travel through time at will would probably not find a 19th century asylum that hard to escape from, but I digress.

(Edit: I think some American readers may be taking my use of "evangelist" the wrong way. As a British guy, to me it means the same as "fundie", or "nutter" - I'm not attacking the good media-analysing bloggers out there.)

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