Jeff Jarvis: We Are the Lobbyists Now
The Internet has helped untold publics to form. Yesterday, the Internet became a public.
Jeff Jarvis: So Much for the Penny Press
The New York Times raised its daily price to $2.50 today. I thought back to the penny press at the turn of the last century and wondered what such a paper would cost today, inflation adjusted. Answer: a quarter.
Jeff Jarvis: Very Public Health
Watching the remarkable Xeni Jardin tweet her mammogram and cancer diagnosis, then blog eloquently about it, then crowdsource opening up her own MRI data makes me ask: Why are we so secretive about sickness and health? And what do we lose because we are?
Jeff Jarvis: FTC Fines Santa Claus for Violating Children’s Privacy
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today announced a record fine against Santa Claus for violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Jeff Jarvis: Penis, Penis, Penis: Censorship’s Absurdity
New rule: Censorship can only get more absurd the more you practice it.
Jeff Jarvis: New York Times Cookie Hypocrisy
While the Times editorializes in favor of Do Not Track and other privacy legislation going through Congress and the FTC, it makes much use of personal, private, and tracking information itself.
Jeff Jarvis: Our Notion of Nations
Will we question the idea of what a nation is? Are Greece and Italy still sovereign nations when bankers can overthrow their governments and neighbors can dictate the terms of governance?
Jeff Jarvis: Power to the Public
Two good, anecdotal illustrations occurred recently of the power that our tools of publicness give to us, the public.
Jeff Jarvis: #f*ckyouwashington: The Story of a Hashtag and a Movement
I didn't intend this to be anything more than spouting off in 140 profane characters. It turns out that the people of Twitter taught me a lesson about the potential of a public armed with a Gutenberg press in every pocket, with its tools of publicness.
Jeff Jarvis: Murdoch’s Public Relations — Against the Public
What was exposed in Parliament during the Murdochs' testimony wasn't necessarily News Corp., but instead the cozy, closed ties between institutional journalism and institutional government.
