Comments on: Does Obama/Iran question spell the end of traditional media? http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/06/24/does-obama-iran-question-spell-the-end-of-traditional-media/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Akers http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/06/24/does-obama-iran-question-spell-the-end-of-traditional-media/comment-page-1/#comment-190818 Akers Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:00:19 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/06/24/does-obama-iran-question-spell-the-end-of-traditional-media/#comment-190818 This would never happen entirely. For starters, while social media is very popular, so is the press. Maybe not printed news these days, but TV channels and internet sites of respected tabloids are becoming increasingly popular, and people look to here for news. There are more people not in great contact with the internet than there are who are in great contact with it - not enough people access the internet for their news yet or indeed for many years I suspect to make the press 'extinct' from these question times. Then there's the issue of how to filter questions which is nigh-on impossible, as mentioned in the article. Its a logistical nightmare and while a few of these may happen and be used to target a different audience of people in politics and discussions, it will not become the preferred method of Q&A time for a long, long, long while yet. This would never happen entirely. For starters, while social media is very popular, so is the press. Maybe not printed news these days, but TV channels and internet sites of respected tabloids are becoming increasingly popular, and people look to here for news. There are more people not in great contact with the internet than there are who are in great contact with it – not enough people access the internet for their news yet or indeed for many years I suspect to make the press ‘extinct’ from these question times.

Then there’s the issue of how to filter questions which is nigh-on impossible, as mentioned in the article. Its a logistical nightmare and while a few of these may happen and be used to target a different audience of people in politics and discussions, it will not become the preferred method of Q&A time for a long, long, long while yet.

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