News a la Carte — Fracturing The Public Sphere

Consumers can now paste together their version of a news events from multiple sources in seconds. What’s the impact of news a la carte on understanding and what new technologies feed this trend? How does it fracture the public sphere — or enrich it? Conveners: Holmes Wilson, Participatory Culture Foundation; Thomas Marban, PopUrls.com; Jonathan Dube, CBC.CA (Pending)