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83 Ibid., pp. 2-6.
84 “merciful oblivion,” ibid., p. 59. At one point Csikszentmihalyi mentions reading “most
newspapers and magazines,” together with watching television and talking to other people,
as activities that require very little concentration and implicitly do not produce the optimal
state. But elsewhere in the book he discusses the enormous flow potential of both reading
and socializing. Apparently, the value yielded by these experiences depends on the specific
circumstances. I assume I’m not the only one who has experienced a version of flow when
reading both newspapers and magazines.
85 McDonald interview, November 21, 2006.
86 Florida election-returns example suggested by Sidney Verba, interview, October 24, 2006.
87 “Everything all the time” is a slogan of XM Satellite Radio.
88 John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid, The Social Life of Information (Boston: Harvard
Business School Press, 2000), p. 181.
89 Brown and Duguid, p. 3.
90 David Derbyshire, “Surfing Net is Top Pastime for Elderly,” The Daily Telegraph, February
2, 2007, p. 1.
91 David McRaney, “Journalists Must Adapt to Web,” The Student Printz, May 1, 2007,
www.studentprintz.com
92 John Carroll, “What Will Become of Newspapers?,” speech to the American Society of
Newspaper Editors, April 26, 2006, published in booklet form by the <strong>Joan</strong> <strong>Shorenstein</strong>
<strong>Center</strong> on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University.
93 Scott Anthony, Remarks on the American Press Institute/Newspaper Next Project,
<strong>Shorenstein</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, October 14, 2006.
94 L. Gordon Crovitz, “What <strong>Is</strong> Changing – and What <strong>Is</strong>n’t – In The Wall Street Journal,”
December 4, 2006, p. A-17.
95 “Introducing a Digital Newspaper . . .,” The New York Times, May 15, 20007, p. ZD1.
96 Michael McCreary, interview, November 29, 2006.
97 Time Digital, December 2000, cover image and pp. 42-48.
98 James L. McQuivey, telephone interview, April 20, 2007.
99 Tatsuo Kobayashi, interview, January 19, 2000.
100 McCreary interview.
101 Charles McGrath, “Can’t Judge An E-Book by Its Screen? Well, Maybe You Can,” The
New York Times, November 24, 2006, p. B6.
102 McCreary interview.
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