Comments on: The evolution of revolution http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:45:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Science blogging versus journalism | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-197642 Science blogging versus journalism | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:00:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/#comment-197642 [...] I’ve talked about this before, this new media we’re facing and embracing. Well, most of us are embracing it. Recently, fellow science/skeptic blogger Ben Goldacre ran into some static from a journalist who just doesn’t get it, and in fact appears to have his fingers firmly in his ears while he yells "LALALALALALA!". I was all set to write about this, but yet another fellow science/skeptic blogger, Steve Novella, took the electrons right out of my keyboard. [...] [...] I’ve talked about this before, this new media we’re facing and embracing. Well, most of us are embracing it. Recently, fellow science/skeptic blogger Ben Goldacre ran into some static from a journalist who just doesn’t get it, and in fact appears to have his fingers firmly in his ears while he yells "LALALALALALA!". I was all set to write about this, but yet another fellow science/skeptic blogger, Steve Novella, took the electrons right out of my keyboard. [...]

]]> By: Crumbling media | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-168158 Crumbling media | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:00:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/#comment-168158 [...] actually don’t have too much to add here, mostly because I’ve said it before. Print media is dying, and people are analyzing it to death, but the cause is clear: for the most [...] [...] actually don’t have too much to add here, mostly because I’ve said it before. Print media is dying, and people are analyzing it to death, but the cause is clear: for the most [...]

]]> By: Burzycki.org - Tech and Interesting Facts http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-48392 Burzycki.org - Tech and Interesting Facts Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:46:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/#comment-48392 [...] running a space-related blog, and how it relates to publishing in the old world. It's the evolution of a revolution. I couldn't agree [...] [...] running a space-related blog, and how it relates to publishing in the old world. It’s the evolution of a revolution. I couldn’t agree [...]

]]> By: davidmkelly.net » Another way. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-48390 davidmkelly.net » Another way. Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:30:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/#comment-48390 [...] Astronomy guy (I don’t really want to call him the Bad Astronomer ), recently brought up a post by Will Wheaton, known almost entirely for playing the part of the endlessly-irritating Wesley [...] [...] Astronomy guy (I don’t really want to call him the Bad Astronomer ), recently brought up a post by Will Wheaton, known almost entirely for playing the part of the endlessly-irritating Wesley [...]

]]> By: arensb http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-48391 arensb Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:25:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/#comment-48391 IMHO the real value of "real" publications is in their reputation. I'd rather get my news from the Washington Post or the NY Times than the Podunk Gazette, or someunknownsite.blogspot.com, because I know the big papers have reporters and editors who presumably know their stuff, and do their job well enough that if a story makes it past them, then it's not likely to be crap. Likewise, research journals engage in editorial and peer review, which also helps ensure that those articles that make it into print aren't likely to be crap. Even sites like slashdot have an implicit promise that "if you're interested in geek news, you'll find it here." In short, editors provide a valuable service as crap filters. I can't see that going away any time soon. In fact, teh intertubes has much higher bandwidth than print media, so there's a hell of a lot more crap to be filtered. IMHO the real value of “real” publications is in their reputation. I’d rather get my news from the Washington Post or the NY Times than the Podunk Gazette, or someunknownsite.blogspot.com, because I know the big papers have reporters and editors who presumably know their stuff, and do their job well enough that if a story makes it past them, then it’s not likely to be crap.

Likewise, research journals engage in editorial and peer review, which also helps ensure that those articles that make it into print aren’t likely to be crap. Even sites like slashdot have an implicit promise that “if you’re interested in geek news, you’ll find it here.”

In short, editors provide a valuable service as crap filters. I can’t see that going away any time soon. In fact, teh intertubes has much higher bandwidth than print media, so there’s a hell of a lot more crap to be filtered.

]]> By: Astrolink [International Edition] » Blog Archive » Astrosphere for September 17, 2007 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-48354 Astrolink [International Edition] » Blog Archive » Astrosphere for September 17, 2007 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:02:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/#comment-48354 [...] running a space-related blog, and how it relates to publishing in the old world. It's the evolution of a revolution. I couldn't agree [...] [...] running a space-related blog, and how it relates to publishing in the old world. It's the evolution of a revolution. I couldn't agree [...]

]]> By: Evolving Squid http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-48355 Evolving Squid Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:23:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/the-evolution-of-revolution/#comment-48355 Old media will die out a few months after computers bring us the paperless office that we were promised more than three decades ago. Old media will die out a few months after computers bring us the paperless office that we were promised more than three decades ago.

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