Jam Today: The Online Potential

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Jam Today The Online Potential

• Alfred Hermida
• Assistant Professor

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Jam Today

• The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but
  never jam today.
• Lewis Carroll

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Jam Today

• Immediacy

Unlimited space
Storage/retrieval
Multiple media
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Jam Today

• Non-linear

Participatory
Networked journalism
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Jam Today

• Journalism for a digital and discontinuous age