Traditional news wants new media to fund them

A think tank has called for online giants Google and Facebook to pay for the news they take from media outlets and then use on their own websites.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/may/26/make-google-and-facebook-pay-levy-to-support-journalism-academic

No, it is actually a real article!

Does Digital Help Create Social Isolation?

Social Isolation is where a person (or people) have a complete or near-complete lack of contact with the society in which they live.

• News websites mean you don't need to walk out and buy a newspaper or go to the library
• eCommerce websites and apps mean you don't have to go to the shops
• Online games mean your kids don't want to walk out to the local park and kick a ball about
• Virtual Reality cuts you off from everything so that you don't even have to engage with a real person (or possibly a human looking avatar)

However, in creating online / digital systems and products that allow an individual to communicate with a computer user interface, but not a real human... are we actually adding to this isolation?