Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Democratization of Information

“…millions of people are changing their habits when it comes to information acquisition. This has happened many times before: with the appearance of the printing press, then the telegraph, the telephone, radio, television, and internet.”

That is what Hugh Hewitt had to say in his book “Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That’s Changing Your World.” Information has been controlled throughout the ages by kings and queens, pharos, chiefs, popes and presidents. Until now!

As Hewitt said in his book, “The power of the elites to determine what was news via a tightly controlled dissemination system is shattered. The ability and authority to distribute text is now truly democratized.”

Hewitt’s book is an entertaining and eye opening look into what “new media” is all about. Enjoy.