All entries tagged: Virginia Heffernan
In the news cycle, memes spread more like a heartbeat than a virus
The New York Times reports today: “For the most part, the traditional news outlets lead and the blogs follow, typically by 2.5 hours, according to a new computer analysis of news articles and commentary on the Web during the last three months of the 2008 presidential campaign.” By that measure, I’m past due in responding, [...]
