My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Tag Archives: authority
Blurring the lines between reporters and readers
Matthew Ingram posted this great video today. It’s an interview with Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the Guardian. Not only does his paper have one of the best Web presences of all major newspapers, but the guy says some good things about the future of journalism, especially when it comes to relying on the wisdom of [...]
Posted in Authority Issues, New Media Also tagged Alan Rusbridger, authority media, Guardian, Matthew Ingram, New Media Comments closed
In which the author summarizes the authority-based tweet debate and then finds something new to write about
Well, the issue of authority-based searching on Twitter is here to stay, even though Loic Le Meur, the guy who started all of this by asking for some sort of authority search feature on his blog, has amended his opinion. He points out now that “authority” was a poor word choice that resulted from the [...]
Posted in Authority Issues, Social Networking Also tagged CNN, Kara Swisher, search, TechCrunch, twitter, writing Comments closed
Online authority debate centering on Twitter
Having a lot of followers on Twitter doesn’t make you an authority. That’s the message from Jeff Jarvis and John Naughton, who both posted to their blogs recently about whether Twitter should rank tweets by some measure of “authority.” Both of them are responding to another post by Loïc Le Meur that calls for search [...]
Posted in Authority Issues, Social Networking Also tagged Jeff Jarvis, John Naughton, Loic Le Meur, twitter Comments closed
Wikipedia makes this world
Wikipedia’s definition of truth matters, says Technology Review contributing editor Simson Garfinkel, because of the sheer number of people who use the online encyclopedia without a second though about its accuracy.
Posted in Authority Issues Also tagged epistemology, Simson Garfinkel, Technology Review, truth, wikipedia Comments closed
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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