Blogging: The Journalism of Tomorrow?
Our world has been controlled by newspapers for years now. Every morning people put on their robe and walk out to the mailbox to get their newspaper. People want to know what's going on in their city,state,county, and world today. And what better way to get all that information in one than the daily newspaper? Well, until now that is.
With the boom of the technology era and the increased amount of people who have access to internet, newspapers are becoming less and less common. And for a journalism major like me, that's not the best sign. With all the information accessible to us at the click of a button for free, why would someone want to subscribe to a daily paper when everything is online? When I hear people talking about something that happened in the world, they don't tell me, "Oh, just turn to page 4 of the New York Times and look at the 4th article on the page." They tell me to go look it up online. And I can always find it online in 2 seconds.
The internet has done marvelous things for our generation. It allows for information to circulate to a wider audience and at a lot quicker speed. Just think of the number of people who sit on their computers all day at work typing up papers and researching information on the internet. It's insane. Information can spread to millions in the blink of an eye.
Recently in my journalism class we talked about blogging. Obviously, the internet has extraordinary reach. And in blogs, people can basically say whatever they want. They can get quick responses that are viewable by all. Through blogs, we have enormous freedom of expression. Blogging isn't monitored by the government nor does it have strict laws regulating what we can and can't do with it. People can find and post their own news on blogs and make comments and questions on other people's "news." The whole point of journalism is to find information and relay it to the public in a form that they will understand. Well, isn't that what blogging kind of is? Obviously blogging is a more personal form of this but it basically shares news and ideas with the public in usually understandable ways.
So the question is, will blogging and other internet sites eventually take over the need for newspapers? Will people posting and commenting on others news of the day be enough for us in the future? Will blogging be the journalism of tomorrow?
posted by wisco88 at
8:15 PM
2 Comments:
I definitely think blogging will start developing more and more in the future. Every day it seems that our society is becoming even more technologically advance. I think this is an interesting topic because as our world tends to rely on technology, it seems that the newspapers will slowly fade away and news will be completely posted on the internet. However, I don’t think newspapers can completely go away. My dad loves to go on to msn.com and look at the top stories of today. Yet, every morning before work he drinks his cup of coffee and reads the “Austin American Statesman” and the “Dallas Morning News”. There is something about reading the newspaper that you can’t get by getting on the computer. Not everyone in America has a computer. So for that reason, I think the newspaper will stay high in demand. Even if the actual newspaper ceases to exist, I think the newspaper company like the New York Times will create a web newspaper. That way it is the same information as on paper just in cyberspace. Therefore, I don’t think blogging could solely take over because newspapers will just transfer from paper to the web. Blogging will however continue to develop. It creates an atmosphere where news can be debated and not reported on.
February 27, 2008 at 6:39 PM
Go to nytimes.com. It's already there. But I agree with MAM that reading on-line is not the same experience as reading on paper. I can't imagine trying to read a book on one of those little electronic readers you see people using on planes. I think they hold something like 300 books. The printed page I think allows for more concentration, I think. so you can think more critically about what the article is saying, and if it's biased and that sort of thing. But on the other hand, wisco88 is right that blogging has revolutionized journalism--made it more honest, more democratic But you have to be careful about getting your news from blogs too. Much misinformation is out there.
February 28, 2008 at 6:16 AM
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