As the web and other technologis grow quickly, and people struggle to catch up, to keep up, and to measure their success, we need an objective and studied viewpoint. The Society for New Communications Research is all about that.
Their 2nd annual Research Symposium is coming to Boston in December, and promises to have some interesting things to say about trends in blogging and other new media.
As a trained librarian, I find it frustrating that the internet is still such a morass of information. Search engines try to make it easier, but their focus and methodologies leave a lot to be desired.
I understand the user-generated part of the equation, but there are times I just wish everything was categorized (by its owners, of course, because who else would have time to review every page?). From a list of subjects. Like library books. That system isn’t perfect either, but it’s better than what we’ve got.
There is so much good information out there, on the free side of the internet house, that it’s a shame we can’t find it when we need it.