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Superjaberwocky bookmarked on 2009-09-20 Jeff Jarvis buzzmachine employment statistics journalism

Jarvis argues that declining employment numbers are a poor way to gauge the health of an industry -- journalism -- in the midst of major restructuring.

  • the fall news as an industry paralleling the end of the industrial economy. That’s not just about shedding the means of production and distribution now that they are cost burdens rather than barriers to entry. It’s about the decentralization of journalism as an industrial complex, about news no longer being based solely on employment.

  • So is employment the measure of news? No. Is it the proper measure for every industry? Not necessarily. Is it the measure of the economy? Not as much as it used to be. Media is becoming the first major post-industry. Others will follow. You just have to know where to look.


This link has been bookmarked by 3 people . It was first bookmarked on 20 Sep 2009, by someone privately.

  • 26 Sep 09
    ssammarr
    Samar Ahsan

    post-journalism

  • 23 Sep 09
    janjhi
    Sohail Sangi

    post-journalism

  • 20 Sep 09
    superjaberwocky
    Michael Becker

    Jarvis argues that declining employment numbers are a poor way to gauge the health of an industry -- journalism -- in the midst of major restructuring.

    Jeff Jarvis buzzmachine employment statistics journalism

    • the fall news as an industry paralleling the end of the industrial economy. That’s not just about shedding the means of production and distribution now that they are cost burdens rather than barriers to entry. It’s about the decentralization of journalism as an industrial complex, about news no longer being based solely on employment.

    • So is employment the measure of news? No. Is it the proper measure for every industry? Not necessarily. Is it the measure of the economy? Not as much as it used to be. Media is becoming the first major post-industry. Others will follow. You just have to know where to look.