Press-Sphere

In Jeff Jarvis’ article “The Press Becomes the Press-Sphere”, he describes two different ways to retrieve information. There is the press sphere and the me-sphere. I could relate more to the me-sphere because it is how I receive my news. As I have discussed in my last two blogs, my main two information sources are Facebook and through friends. When I was looking at the me-sphere picture, a few of the bubbles stuck out to me. The peers bubble was the largest. This would make sense to me because out of all the bubbles, my peers are where I get the most information. There were a few bubbles that were the same size: companies, media, and search. These bubbles related to one another. From media, such as Facebook, radio, and television, companies would put advertisements on these media sources. By searching on the internet, I would also run into advertisements. This is a way for me to receive news from companies, about their products and what they have been working on.  Jarvis also talked about what a press sphere was. A press sphere is where the press receives their information. They receive their information from many sources, such as the government, witnesses, data, and observes. Most of the bubbles are the same size, so they receive their information almost equally from all the sources. The biggest bubble, however, is the witness bubble. This would also make sense when comparing the me-sphere with the press sphere. In the me-sphere the biggest bubble is peers, which is word of mouth communication. Witnesses are also word of mouth communication. Jarvis’ article is a little confusing to understand. His descriptions of his figures were not very clear. By reading New York Times, I have noticed that the press receives a lot of their news by interviewing witnesses. The press has to do a lot of work in order to have a good story.