• New Relationships, Forms, and Models for News — Geeks Bearing Gifts — Medium

  “So perhaps the news industry must think past the idea that it is in the content, advertising, and distribution businesses. Perhaps we should ask whether — like Google and Facebook — news instead should be a service that helps people accomplish their goals. “

  tags: models news Jeff Jarvis

• Online Harassment | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

  Pew’s research into online harassment is fascinating 60% of internet users said they had witnessed someone being called offensive names53% had seen efforts to purposefully embarrass someone25% had seen someone being physically threatened24% witnessed someone being harassed for a sustained period of time19% said they witnessed someone being sexually harassed18% said they had seen someone be stalked

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