MIT Prof. Nicholas Negroponte on new web era

"As for the Web 2.0 era, he [Negroponte] believes that mass communications will become almost meaningless. “There will be extraordinary events, such as sports events, elections, and breaking news stories. But most people will spend about the same amount of time consuming news, as they do creating it. The days of the couch potato are gone in the sense of merely watching broadcast media.” via Globes