Patrick-Yves Badillo
is Professor of Computer Science and Communication at the University of the Mediterranean (Aix-Marseille 2)
(...) In the context of "information society and knowledge", access to information and communication is probably one of the biggest challenges of the early twenty-first century. While today nearly 20% of population world is illiterate, it is estimated that the average American citizen passes in 2004, about ten hours a day and spends about $ 800 per year to be informed and take advantage of the opportunities the entertainment industry. Available statistics give the following figures: the average American consumer spends 9 hours 35 per day in association with the media by the following decomposition (Source: Advertising Age, 2006; times include aspects of "multi-tasking" such as watching TV and visit the web at the same time): 256 minutes TV, radio 160 minutes, 31 minutes Internet, newspapers 29 minutes; 29 minutes recorded music, magazines 20 minutes 17 minutes books, DVD & VCR prerecorded 14 minutes, 14 minutes video games, mobile content on 3 minutes; Theatre 2 minutes.
It may be noted that these statistics do not distinguish what is information and what is the "infotainment". It is feared that in reality infotainment takes precedence over the information with a very small part of the "media" high information content and "knowledge" such as newspapers, books or magazines reduced to rations.
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More technology, more networks, more information, more knowledge, more democracy: the equation seems simple and relevant. Journalism marry perfectly the momentum of the "information society" ... But beyond the euphoria, we must indeed wonder about the split between the information technology and communication (ICT), media and journalism.
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