<incom> Time magazine's "Person of the Year" is You (Who?)

[mclauglm at po.muohio.edu]

Apparently, or at least according to the editors of Time magazine, 
there's no need for ICT4D concerns about connectivity, access, and 
content creation and ownership. Especially now that "we" have more 
power over the global digital media than the likes of Bill Gates, who 
was one of the persons who graced the cover of last year's issue. I 
guess that Time magazine isn't widely available in countries like 
Afghanistan and Burkino Faso.

Regards,

Lisa


Time magazine's "Person of the Year" is You

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061217/tc_nm/time_dc

You were named Time magazine "Person of the Year" on Saturday for the 
explosive growth and influence of user-generated Internet content 
such as blogs, video-file sharing site YouTube and social network 
MySpace.

"For seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing 
the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the 
pros at their own game, Time's Person of the Year for 2006 is you," 
the magazine's Lev Grossman wrote.

The magazine has put a mirror on the cover of its "Person of the 
Year" issue, released on Monday, "because it literally reflects the 
idea that you, not us, are transforming the information age," Editor 
Richard Stengel said in a statement....[more]
-- 
Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
Editor, Feminist Media Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication

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