Participatory Media — Put Your Hands in the Air

Participatory Media — Put Your Hands in the Air: "The Economist says personal or participatory media is changing media and society in a major and profound way. We at SMITH have been calling using the term “personal media” and could not agree more. Kurt Anderson says investors should give sites like us lots of money. Meanwhile, Sarah Hepola has picked a funny time to stop blogging. Doesn’t she know she’s at the cusp of society-changing millions? Tags: smithmag, kurt, anderson, economist, hepola, slate, web, 2.0, Read the new SMITH magazine: Your stories. The personal, raw, honest, memoirs, brushes with fame, close encounters, and almost famous. Everyone has a story. Everyone is a SMITH. "