Australian IT - The war on the web (Correspondents in New York, MARCH 26, 2003)
Well.. this article serves to further confirm what several theorists have had to say about modern digital communications. (such as Howard Rheingold’s “Smart Mobs”).
It also furthers another point, and that is our need to be entertained by something. Be it a sporting event or a war, we want to see what the score is. I am not denying the concern that any person may have for this situation, just saying that, if the entertainment is there, we will all watch. Until we get bored that is. If this war goes on for months we won’t be so inclined to watch it as often. If it drags on for years, it will become downright boring as well as an embarassment.
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IF the first Gulf War was the making of cable television, then the current conflict in Iraq could mark a similar watershed for the internet and help redefine how major news events are covered.
From the high-cost, high-tech web sites of news giants like CNN and ABC to the unvarnished rants of individual “webloggers”, the internet offers an unparalleled variety of war-related reportage, comment, photographs and live video feeds that are pulling in viewers at the speed of a broadband connection.