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The "InstaPundit" On The Rise Of Personal Technology Over Mass Media

Glenn Reynolds, the man behind the popular political blog InstaPundit.com sheds his two cents about the direction things are taking now that blogs and other personalized content have become part of many consumers' daily media diet. In his new book, An Army of Davids, reviewed here by The Philadelpia Inquirer, Reynolds explores the "triumph of personal media over mass technology," a trend he says will only strengthen over time. The next generation of media giants, which includes Google, has developed "from the uncoordinated activities of individuals," rather than the something like "The Bureau of Central Knowledge Planning." Such changes have proven to be unsettling to a number of established institutions, including government, corporations and big media, Reynolds says, which means that to keep the media revolution afloat, the public must be "ready to fight for it."

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