Themes
· News begins once its printed.
o Used to be that the news was finished once it was printed.
o New Journalism has feedback from audience that advances the story.
· Conversational vs Authority.
o Blogs put pressure on journalists because of the demand for news to be “conversational”.
o Audience’s demand for news to become more conversational is a result from a “shift in power”.
o Puts more tools, choices, and media capacity in the hands of the people formerly known as the audience.
· Consumers use the internet to become active participants in the exchange of news and ideas.
· Bloggers.
o Post eyewitness accounts and photos about news events
o Help newspapers get more local in their coverage.
o Tell big media what the people are thinking.
Questions
1) Should journalists feel threatened because of the emergence of blogging?
2) How should big media adapt to the ongoing feedback from new media?
3) Aside from the writing format, what are some distinctive differences between bloggers and journalists?
Good questions!
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