The multiplying of channels with digital compression and the evolution of the information superhighway will “tremendously weaken the gatekeeper function” of traditional journalism.
Predictor: Fouhy, Ed
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Columbia Journalism Review, Patricia Aufderheide talks with Ed Fouhy of the Pew Center. Aufderheide writes:”Ed Fouhy, director of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, believes that the multiplying of channels with digital compression and the evolution of the information superhighway will ‘tremendously weaken the gatekeeper function’ of traditional journalism.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Journalism/Media
Name of publication: Columbia Journalism Review
Title, headline, chapter name: Vernacular Video; For the growing genre of camcorder journalism, nothing is too personal
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=b65c72d805f043cc6078327502dc50b4&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVzb-lSlzV&_md5=f7a3b347a2eb6dbe672fe3aa5ffb86f1
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Little, Brandi W.