Good quotes. Amplified is TV news, especially local news shows and the jokes on networks claiming to be based around journalism.
I generally feel printed collections discuss too broad a scope to retain my interest, so the ease of skimming through headlines and summaries online is much more appealing. However, I'm strongly considering starting a print subscription. I just have to decide on a publication since some use better English, but use a motive that feels like entertainment. This may have been induced by Internet media, but it feels purposeless when sitting with a collection in your hands wanting a picture of recent happenings without the amplification of a hyperlink-based scope.
Are you doing a study on the Internet's affect on attention spans?
