Future Of Radio And The Internet

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the inability of the individual talk to the other end of a radio transmission chain. When one switches stations on our radio, there is no interaction, we are simply selecting from a series of predefined options, just like changing channels on television. If you switch from one station to another, none of the stations know about it, and can do nothing to make their programming more interesting than their competition.
The Internet has no such limitations, from the ground up; it was designed as a mass communications medium that was two ways. With the Internet, there is no broadcaster or receiver and you can easily talk back to the content providers, or become one. The only downside to the Internet is availability; in today's world, Internet content is about as accessible as radio content was in its early days. The Internet and its content are largely available through a large, ungainly box, usually in the corner of the living room.
As technology becomes more advanced, this will ...

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