I did the reading and i wasn’t particularly blown away by anything. For me most of what Pavlik have been stated before in other readings. So it look plagiarized at first (my hand had already dialed 91) however, common sense dictated that i finish the reading before dialing the last 1 (as in 911, get it?). As i continued reading i stumbled upon new information that small regional newspapers actually use videos to complement their newspaper articles. I feel this is zine-esque of them because i doubt they are getting paid extra to do the videos. So i feel what’s pushing them is to keep the people better informed, hence the zine reference. The end goal might be more viewership or it could be to drill the story in people’s brains. That’s up for debate. It raises a question though, with the addition of videos to newspaper articles, can they co-exist or will the videos eventually phase out the newspapers. Creating a society where reading would be rocket science and rocket science would be a myth like the unicorn or a good mother in-law.
Ps. The answer to my question is in the link below, i urge you to follow it up, pretty mind blowing and creates an optimistic future.
http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_matas.html
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