Before moving on to sound communications, let us linger for a moment with print. While newspapers used to be the dominate mass media, today print communications struggle to re-invent their channel. The prevalence of photojournalism and the addition of electronic versions are just a few forms of today's news "facelift." Let's examine the impact this has had on the journalism today by completing journal 5 (below).For next week... (Oct. 10, 2007)
Writing Assignment: Journal 5
Project homework: LAP worksheet (in class).
Reading: Recorded Music, pp. 121 – 148
- JOURNAL 5 - After reading at least two of the articles below, describe the conflict between traditional journalism and blogging or "citizen journalism." React to the controversy by arguing for one of the two sides. How has blogging harmed or helped journalism today?
- How Blogging Changed Journalism - by Chris Mooney, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Kevin Sites and the Blogging Controversy - by Susan Mernit, Online Journalism Review
- Blogging, Journalism and Credibility - by Rebecca MacKinnon, The Nation
- Blogging as a Form of Journalism - by J.D. Lasica, Online Journalism Review
23 comments:
The news items selected is coming from The New York Times dated October 4, 2007. The name of the first story: Cite discrimination by Bloomberg L.P, and the news article was written by Ray Rivera. This news story is talking about three women who stated they were discriminated against after they became pregnant, and contends that the mayor is in touch with Lex Fenwick, who is the company's chief executive which the mayor have input in the way the company is run. There have been complaints of mistreatment females executives with Mr. Fenwickm, and a lawsuit have been filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. According to the news item, this is the latest and most sweeping of a string of discrimination and sexual harassment complaints files since 1990.
The name of the next news item: Class-action lawsuit filed against producer of beef. The author is Kareem Fahim. The story came from the New York Times,and dated October 4,2007. The story is centered around the recall of Topps beef Hambugers, because of E coli which is a bacteria that has caused serious illnes and some fatal, and deadly. The lawsuit filed in the District court in the United States,and seeks compensation from topps beef company and other stores who sold the product.
Using the SMCR, The story was sent by The New York Times for both news items and the message for Cite discrimination in Bloomberg company, is giving a heads up on disrimination which takes place in the corporated world. The SMCR for Class-action lawsuit filed against produer of beef is allowing the public to become aware of the beef or any meat they are eating. The channel used to communicate these stories are, mass communication. The recievers of the stories are the conumers, parents, store owners,educators, and job seekers.
When comparing each story with each other, each have lawsuits for harmful deeds done, and the differents of the two stories are, one is health issues with one, and equal employment rights, and respect. In the Bloomberg story, there are a lot of isssue that is left out, and it is bias because the story had to do with the company owned by Mayor Bloomberg, and othe issues will not be publicized for fear he will lose credibility as Mayor.
Linda Shorts
It is my opinion that blogging have harmed journalism because now with this new media in action, the once silent receivers of journalism the (audience) have the capabilities to respond to news articles. In the past when the news media presented a story, it was framed to suit their purpose and the audience was less likely to challenge them. Blogging have opened a whole new world of media that allows the audience the capabilities to analyze news in their own ways instead of accepting whatever the media dishes out. The audience is now able to differentiate and respond to opinionated news in their own fashion, able to critique media, and to decide whether or not the truth is being enhanced.
Yvette S.
The conflict between citizen journalism and traditional journalism is the Independent online publications with amateurs doing original reporting and citizens contributing photos, video and news to the mainstream news outlets. When blogger adds personal commentary that relies on original research. Blogging is one which accumulates different blog entries and helps to divert the reader to the blog of his or her interest. In this way, the reader only needs to access one site to survey all the blog articles. A simple example is the Google News, which aggregates news from around the world, sorts them under different categories and also by the date, time and place where the article is published. Whereas traditional journalism is where there is a group of human editors who decide what kind of articles get published. However, the editors may not be professional in that regard and could be biased towards a certain kind of content. In that type of blogs, one can do tracebacks. I don’t think a blogger is simply someone who self-publishes using cheap content management software. A blog is just a web site that uses this sort of software. What people do with it is as varied as people’s interests.
Consequentially, some bloggers are indistinguishable from journalists (because they are journalists). But most bloggers are just people talking to their friends about whatever happens to be important to them. Journalists tend to think of blogs as micropublications by people who aspire to compete with them. In fact, most blogs are just people having conversations. I think that blogging has helped journalism.
Sharon Teekasingh
In regard to the controversy over Blogging vs. Traditional Journalism, i think that both styles of reporting has its positive points and negative points. Blogging is very useful because its fast, convenient and empowers the writer to delineate information without the contraits or politics of a traditional news outlet with an editior, CEO etc... The downside of Blogging is the issue of ill responsible or "Yellow Journalism". I think this is where traditional Journalism has its benefits because its foundation is base on ethical principles of sound reporting, and it has safeguards to assure compliance to these principles.
Blogging is now part of the mainstream media. Although you have your stanch conservatives, as well as those who believe that if it is in the papers (NY Times, The Wall Street Journal or any other prominent paper) then it must be true. Those are the type of people who refuse to accept that the general public have their own views and opinions. Blogging is how we citizen journalist express ourselves. When Deborah Branscum was asked for her take on the phenomenon and its significance for journalism, she mentioned four things about weblogs. 1) "You have creative freedom. There's an enormous freedom in being able to present yourself precisely as you want to, however sloppily or irrationally or erractically." 2) "Instantaneity. Even when you're writing for a weekly magazine, it seems like it takes forever to see your work in print." 3) "Interactivity. It's a kick to get feedback from people you've never heard of who stumble on your weblog." and 4)"Lack of marketing constraints. The people who are interested in your perspective find you, instead of you having to find a publication that reflects their interests."
I agree with comments made in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that "the practice of blogging is best understood as a modest but helpful complement to mainstream journalism. Blogging has the following virtues: candor, humor, intellectual honesty, and an open-mindedness to different points of views." I am all for blogging (although I do not read hardly any)but I do think that we, the citizen journalist, are the watchdogs of mainstream media in keeping them honest.
Catherine Lewis
Blogging vs traditional journalism has become somewhat a controversy, because with traditional journalism, the readers cannot respond to any feed back concering the articles written, because it leaves no room for anyone to give their personal responses. Therefore, with blogging, the readers can give their own oponion of what they believe to be good or truths about the articles written or just give their suggestions of what they feel the article is saying. Opening up a new way of journalism through blogging is the new age of communications.
Linda shorts
P.S.
Jen, you had a different assigment for journal 5, but when I check the blogg today, I found you had something different. Therefore, I did the new one also.
The two articles I choose to read were "Blogging as a form of Jounalism" and "Kevin Sites and the Blogging controversy" In my opinion the I would say the conflict between traditional journalism and Blogging. Traditional journalism is to be taken seriously, the stories that are being reported are true and they really happen. On the other hand blogging can be used for entertainment, also to express your opinion, also to feel connected to a topic of discussion. For years journalist have covered a variety of stories from all around the world which people had no idea what was happining in other countries. Blogging has not harmed journalism in any way in fact it has helped. When a person is blogging you have a chance to post your opinion about a subject, and allow people to know what you are thinking TTribble
The conflict between traditional journalism and blogger/citizen journalism is as follows: In traditional journalism writers feel the need to share information and hold power to account. The traditional journalist writer's techniques were simple texts designed to inform and enlighten the public of certain events. It is the ability to disseminate imformation since the invention of the written word.
On the contrary blogging/citizen journalism is of limited value, due to the lack of professionalism displayed; this is what caused the conflict between journalism and blogger/citizen journalism. Blogging/citizen journalism gives voice to a lot of alternative points of views. It is a new style of journalism, based on a raw feed of getting information directly from the source. This brings about a new form of journalism that is much different from traditional journalism.
I support the blogging/citizen journalism over traditional journalism because of it's driving force for journalism. As a whole traditional journalism changes very slowly, but blogging/citizen jounalism driving force changes very quickly, which enables new innovation to take place. Blogging/citizen journalism can become very important; it can be a completely independent voice on a subject that can be refreshing. What readers want from an ariticle is the main determining factor in what people will be urged to write, but an innovation such as free publishing will also drive people to create more content.
Blogging has helped journalism today by: #1. - Bringing enormous creative freedom for the writer to present themselves as they want to. #2. - Bringing instantaneity - being able to see your work in print instantaneously. #3. - Bringing interactivity - getting feedback from individuals that you don't know that has came across your weblog. #4. - Bringing lack of marketing constraints - People interested in your perspective find you; not necessairly tailoring you for specific readership or demographics.
#5. - With blogging you are not completly at the mercy of the media. #6. - Blogging is a media form that lets you write at any length about the issues you care deeply about. This is very helpful to journalism because it allows the reporter to present an informed conclusion, based on his/her own experience.
Blogging/citizen journalism will be the driving force in journalism today; it will enable citizen journalists to radically alter the entire media sector. This is more that innovation, and more like a revolution and shift of power. Anyone, despite their background will be enabled to have their voice heard thanks to blogging.
T. Williams
Blogging vs. Journalism- i don't quite understand why or what the conflict is. Both forms of journalism entitles the writer/blogger to express his/her opinion, whether factual or not to an audience. OK maybe the conflict is that in this "information society" people have a choice and a voice and the media moguels who have monopolized print media are afraid, like in the 1920's and 1950's with the emerging of radio and television as competition, that web logs/bloggers will win.
I don't see the harm in blogging,however just as with newspaper journalism, information presented has to be credibile. Blogging is the continuation to newspaper articules however they are more indepth, with uncensored information, which is something newspaper journalist can't/won't give.
L.Richardson
Traditional journalism, the stories are edited and censored to what that institution wants to tell the public.
Blogging is unedited and gives the journalist freedom to write their "true" opinion (instead of what the institution wants).
I'm all for blogging (citizen journalism). I feel blogging is a positive for journalism. It gives the public the privilege to read a journalist' "true" feelings on a subject, without feeling cheated (no gatekeeping). It also gives us (the public readers) the opportunity to respond and voice our agreements or disagreements with what was written (a more interactive communication). But if you're going to take someone's "professional comment", then it would be best to do a background check and make sure they are credible.
Michelle B.
How as blogging harmed or helped journalism today?
Based on the articles of Chris Mooney "How blogging chaned Journalism" and Kevin Sites and the blogging controversey". I believe blogging has helped journalism today? Journalism tells of stories and make sure the facts are correct. Blogging allows for your opinion to be expressed and tells stories that have not been explored by journalist. It keeps journalist on their toes and gives the ordinary reader/writer help to express their point of view on the issues. As it states in Mooney's article it can make light of a situation or keep the average person aware of issues like Trent Lott, Monica Lewinsky, and 9/11.
If the same person tells the story the same way all the time, what is the story? Do we as the reader, then adapt his point of view or are we able to extort our own from it?
Maryann
10/11/07
In views blogging and traditional journalism plays a great role in how society views and responds to information. In blogging it gives the viewers an opportunity to respect the information that has been presented, you are allowed to respond and give your opinion to information and critique with there own views of how they feel in regards to information that has been presented by the media. Bloggers are just ordinary people that enjoys responding to the information presented by the people who are the real journalist. Information presented by journalist must be true and credible information there sources must be proven.
Michelle Johnson
Session Five
After having read Blogging,Journalism, and Credibility and Blogging as a form of Journalism, my argument is for the continued use and success of blogging. Some of the benefits of blogging are that it allows one to write what he feels and not have to worry about his message being edited. Second, people from all over can get to read and then react to what you have written. Third, blogging is a new phenomena just as the Internet was in its early days and just look how successful the Internet has become. Fourth, this writer had never even heard of blogging until it was introduced to me in this Communications class. I believe that blogging will have a significant place in the arena of Communications.
David Esquilin
Changes to journalism had come very easy with the publication on the web of personal thoughts and freedom to express opinion for other internet users to read, thousands of sources, therefore, I love bloggins, I can read the newspaper, magaziness, Blogging which society had become more inform is great. With the traditional journalism everything took more time to reach people because old media such as newspaper, books, movies are considered print publication. with the tradional journalism people can not communicate immediatel concerning about the article, with blogging the reader communicate instantly with positive or negative feed back.
this is my conclusion after I read the blogging vs tradional.
Martha fuentes
The argument between blogging and traditional journalism they are both forms of communication. Blogging is a form of self publication which is engage directly to their reader’s. mainstream media is the connection to our society and will always be our source for major news. One will not replace the other
Maria
Traditional journalism vs Blogging is a personal choice. I
find that they both have their advantages. traditional will give you the story, but they will give you what they want the public to know. On the other hand Blogging will also give you the story but they will give you a little more. They will give their opinion and the feedback of others. depending upon the person doing the reading, they both can be very useful. With blogging you have to be carefule of the blogger. Anyone can have a blogg page and write whatever they want. That why both style of reporting are important.
I.I.
In my opinion blogging have helped journalism because now is the new media era, the once silent receivers of journalism the (audience) have the capabilities to respond to news articles. Society now is able to voice their opinion quicker than in the past. the past they only complained to each other. Now the author can improve from the comments we make through blogging.
Denise
I read the articles Blogging as a form of Journalism and Blogging, Journalism, and Credibility. I think that the conflict between Journalism and Blogging is that, in Journalism they have set rules and regulations that they have to follow, but Blogging is completly free, free minded, free spoken, there are no laws to prevent a person from saying what it is they need to say. When you become a journalist you have to abide by the laws and regualtions that they have for you, these laws and regulations prevent the reporter from telling the whole (true)story. Journalist work for someone, if they don't follow or do what they are told then they become Blogger who on the other are thier own boss. I wish i had the time to blog because i would blogg about what goes on at my job, how my title is mistreated. If i was a journlalist and was writing a story on a School Aide i would be only be able to tell half the truth (not the damgeing part) because my boss would not allow me to make the principal of the school look bad. The rich and the famous have journalist now, there are so many things going wrong in the world and all we hear about is how bradjolina keeps adopting kids from other countries when we have kids right here in the United States that need parents. Not all kids a abandoned by drug addicted parents. Bloggers tell the story as is, the truth and nothing but the truth. Blogging is people speaking for the people to the people. No, i don't think that blogging has harmed journalism in any way, in fact i think that it has helped because now when you look at the investgative reportes the dig really deep to get the truth and the story out. I think that investigative reporters are like bloggers but in a physical aspect, when i say physical aspect i mean bloggers type but we see the IR out there in the field.
Octavia :)
Professor Jen:
Late assignement 10/26/2007
MICHELLE MOODY
Reading all four articles clearly enhanced my understanding of blogging vs mainstream media. As i read the first article by Chris Mooney i was definitley lost within the realm of blogging, but as i read the other three articles an given by much understanding todays bloggs are very helpful for keeping readers informed on issues around the world.opposed to mainstream media sugar coating everything. They tell us what we want to hear, but by no means do they inform us on what we need to know, blogging gets to the nitty gritty, tell it like it is, Is what comes to mind about blogging. I can see why cnn, new york times,nbc, abc, cbs are not big celebrities on blogging, blogging actually cuts their stories in half, living in the age of information technology society is moving forward when it comes to receiving info, why wait to get home when we can log on to blog and find out whats going on in iraq, President Bush, The White house, our troops.nicole richie, britany spears etc.., even recently talks about princess diana and her last moments in life.
I vehemently feel that Blogging, journalism and creditbilty by Rebecca Mckinnon brings the truth home. She states we are entering an era in which professionals have lost their monopoly over information not just reporting it but also framing of whats important for the public to know.yes i agree that bloggs have chipped away the creditbility of mainstream media, blogging gives us real live facts, real stories.
i also agree with paul andrews that blogging comes in many forms however on line journalism is most popular. it is popular due to the fact of the rapid decline in creditbilty with the media.
so here you have it combining all the articles read and now having the blogging knowledge i have, i can see the importance of blogging vs main stream media i too can relate to the articles stating how mainstream media is lossing its battle to society because of its lack of credibilty.
and living in the technoloy age in which we are living, cut the crap and get to the main point blogging is about personal opinions lets excercise or freedom of speech and expression "Lets start Blogging America"
The two articles I read were "How Bloging Changed Journalim" by Chris Mooney and Kevin Sites and "The Blogging Controversy" by Susan Menit. Traditional journalism is when a journalist writes a story but before it is released to the public the editor will check the journalist work before it is given an "ok" to print the story. Blogging provides a forum for journalist and people to voice their views about a paticular subject. For instinct, like the war and what we are not being told about it and what is really going on with the troops over in Iraq.
I went to a movie screening of the "Lions for Lambs" by Robert Redford, which touched on this very point about what real journalism is about. The things mainstream media is telling us may not be true. Most of the stories are edited before we even hear or see them in print or on a broadcast.
I believe blogging is helping mainstream media. The bloggers latch on to what has been written or said and run with it. With blogging you are able to post exactly how you feel about a topic almost immediately. In blogging, there is no one to edit your comments. There are no censors on the blogs. The technology of blogging has taken us in a new direction when it comes to "freedom of speech." Journalist and citizen can argue and debate over any topic, which has been posted on a blog without being shut down for putting something on the blog which is believed not to be politically correct.
J. Johnson
Story from page six, "My grandmother used to take my brother and myself to the south every summer." Listening to Jim McFarland's story certainly validates Story Corps' motto that "Listening is an act of Love" It can also be an act of self-love.
When his grandmother would take Jim and his brother south for the summer he would enjoy the trips because he didn't know what was really going on.
When they reached the south from New York, Jim's family had to switch train cars. Jim's family would have to sit in "black only" train cars, and use "black only" bathrooms. When he would ask his grandmother why?, she would always avoid the subject. When he returned from vacation he would boast to his friends from New York that the south was great. He told them that blacks had their own train cars, bathrooms, and sections in theaters and restaurants. He thought this was cool until he learned that all of these so called luxuries were the benefits of segration. Once he fully understood segregation, he would decline going to the south with his grandmother for summer vacation.
by David Esquilin
Blogging vs. Journalism; Well in my opinion Blogging is a new method or way of communicating. They have both the same impact the only real difference is blogging is more modern and journalism is the way of the past. It is again a new form of journalism. Blogging seems to be the new way of the future. As I was reading the article; Blogging as a Form of Journalism one of the writers put it clear that One of the interesting things about blogs is how often they have made me change my mind about issues. (Glenn Fleishman, ( a free lance writer for the NY TImes.) He went on to say more but this particular sentence caught my attention.
Cathy P.
Blogging is not good four journalism, the conflict between citizen journalism and traditional. Blogging entries help divert the reader to the blogger's way of thinking, traditional journalism lets people draw their own conclusions.
Jeannie
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