Subscribe
new subscription
gift subscription
renew subscription

Overload!

  1. December 22, 2008 12:02 PM

    Interview with Clay Shirky, Part II

    "Newspapers have discovered civic function awfully late to be taken seriously"

    By Russ Juskalian

    Clay Shirky teaches at the Interactive Telecommunications program at New York University and is the author, most recently, of Here Comes Everybody, about how new means of communication are changing the social environment. CJR’s Russ Juskalian recently spoke with Shirky about knowledge, the Internet, and why we shouldn’t worry about information overload. The first part of the interview can be...

    Continue reading
  2. December 19, 2008 12:08 PM

    Interview with Clay Shirky, Part I

    "There’s always a new Luddism whenever there’s change."

    By Russ Juskalian

    Clay Shirky teaches at the Interactive Telecommunications program at New York University and is the author, most recently, of Here Comes Everybody, about how new means of communication are changing the social environment. CJR's Russ Juskalian recently spoke with Shirky about knowledge, the Internet, and why we shouldn't worry about information overload. The second part of the interview can be...

    Continue reading
  3. December 18, 2008 12:08 PM

    Disaster Reporting through the Ages

    In both the Galveston and Katrina storms, the news often was the news

    By Lester Feder

    The day after a massive storm hit Galveston, Texas on September 8, 1900, the headlines outside the region were tentative. "Galveston May Be Wiped out by Storm," wrote the New York Times. The Washington Post reported on the "Fear that the City Has Been Wrecked by Storm." The hurricane that overwhelmed Galveston—which was the Gulf Coast's largest port...

    Continue reading
  4. December 17, 2008 11:29 AM

    Maggie Jackson on the Erosion of Attention

    The author of Distracted talks about information overload

    By Russ Juskalian

    Journalist Maggie Jackson is the author of 2008's Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. She recently talked with Russ Juskalian about the dangers of the divided attention span and how we might combat information overload.

     

    Edited by Betwa...

    Continue reading
  5. December 16, 2008 11:55 AM

    Kluge: Gary Marcus on Attention and the Brain

    The cognitive psychologist talks to CJR about how the brain works

    By Russ Juskalian

    Gary Marcus is a professor of psychology at New York University, where he studies developmental cognitive neuroscience. In his latest book, Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind, he writes about the clumsy way in which our brains evolved. CJR's Russ Juskalian recently talked with Marcus about the brain, and what information overload might mean for cognitive development.

    Continue reading

  6. December 15, 2008 11:50 AM

    David Shenk on Data Smog

    The journalist and author talks to CJR about information overload

    By Russ Juskalian

    Journalist David Shenk has been writing about the topic of information overload for over a decade. In his 1997 book Data Smog, Shenk was one of the first to identify the problem, explore it in detail, and propose some possible solutions. CJR's Russ Juskalian recently talked with Shenk about information overload and its ramifications for journalism.

     

    Continue reading

  7. December 08, 2008 12:00 PM

    How Attention Networks Work: Transcript

    Cognitive psychologist Michael Posner on the neurological bases for attention

    By Russ Juskalian

    Cognitive neuroscientist Michael Posner is an internationally recognized expert on attentional networks and cognition. CJR contributor Russ Juskalian recently talked to Posner about attention, cognition, and how media consumption affects both. This is a full transcript of their discussion.

    Michael Posner: I’m Michael Posner, I’m a professor emeritus at the University of Oregon, where I’ve been since 1965. My...

    Continue reading
  8. December 03, 2008 12:00 PM

    Linked Out

    One day, one story, one million hyperlinks

    By Daniel Luzer

    Like most people my age, I get most of my news online. I begin the day by checking The New York Times, The Washington Post, and several local papers and blogs. There's only so much news I can read before I have to work, and so the process of "checking" various news sources means scanning the headlines. I don't...

    Continue reading