Over on his blog, Don Park puts his finger on a key idea: the way blogspace in general resembles an ant colony in action. This is central to the idea of “distributed journalism” — the idea that swarms of people, each attacking a corner of a large issue, can collectively create coverage of that issue that’s better and deeper than what the top-down model of traditional media can provide.
Of course, if you’re a reader of Ant’s Eye View you’ve probably already recognized the wisdom of such an approach! But it’s encouraging to see it percolating out through the world of ideas.
Posted by Jason Lefkowitz at February 23, 2003Ant's Eye View is edited by Jason Lefkowitz, a consultant and Web developer in Alexandria, Virginia. Got a question, comment, or concern? Let me hear it!
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