Press Charts and Jarvis

 Jeff Jarvis's blog post, The Press Becomes the Press-sphere, does an excellent job at shedding light on the current means of civil discourse. He is not afraid to say that print news is becoming a news spreading tool of the past. He makes his opinions on the topic obvious, and wants to make it clear that the public should be the center of the news and all forms of discourse. Without the public there would be no reason for the news, and for that reason the news should be spread by means that are convenient to all interested members of society.

I did not find Jarvis's models confusing by any means. This could be attributed to the fact that I was in a journalism class in high school and understand the basics of news writing. I believe his models were fairly cut and dry. You hardly needed the added explanation to grasp basic concept. The only thing I found truly odd about them is that he took the time to sit down and draw up these models to prove a point. But, I would not consider that completely unusual; I find it creative and useful in getting his point across.

Jarvis seems to truly understand how quickly and easily the technological world is changing the way we view even the simplest things, such as print newspapers. I agree that the world of news and discourse must change its ways if it ever hopes to keep up with the ideas of the modern citizen.