Weblogging: is it journalism? Speaker: Emilis Dambauskas Journalists and the Internet: Who controls who? 2003 October 10-11, Kaunas 1
Definitions • journalism: the collection, preparation and distribution of news and re- lated commentary and feature materials through such media as pam- phlets, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, radio, motion pictures, tele- vision and books ( The New Encyclopaedia Britannica ) • weblog: a personal website that tracks headlines and articles from other websites. Weblogs are typically devoted to a specific audience or topic ( Wikipedia.org ) Journalists and the Internet: Who controls who? 2003 October 10-11, Kaunas 2
Demographics I • 4–10 million blogs online • 66% abandoned • about 2–3 million active blogs Journalists and the Internet: Who controls who? 2003 October 10-11, Kaunas 3
Demographics II • 2% of online households read blogs at least once a week • 79% online users don’t know what a weblog is • only 4% of online users relied on blogs for news on iraqi war Forrester Research, August 2003 Journalists and the Internet: Who controls who? 2003 October 10-11, Kaunas 4
Blog Types I • personal (diaries and journals) • information weblogs – political – knoweledge – watchblogs – etc. Journalists and the Internet: Who controls who? 2003 October 10-11, Kaunas 5
Blog Types II • weblogs • moblogs • audioblogs • videoblogs Journalists and the Internet: Who controls who? 2003 October 10-11, Kaunas 6
Blog Use I • political campaigns: 2004 US Presidential elections campaigns – rally supporters – raise funds Journalists and the Internet: Who controls who? 2003 October 10-11, Kaunas 7
Blog Use II • Non-democracies and war zones – Iranian bloggers help spread news that are dangerous to publish – Blogs from Iraq Journalists and the Internet: Who controls who? 2003 October 10-11, Kaunas 8
Traits in blogging – costless publishing • – instantaneity – interactivity – personal – opinion, not objectivity – unmediated – raise issues forgotten by media Journalists and the Internet: Who controls who? 2003 October 10-11, Kaunas 9
Questions • are blogs journalism? can they be called "amateur journalism"? • can blogs be trusted? is information found in blogs credible? what about the ethics of bloggers? • Dan Gilmor: " journalism changes from lecture to conversation/seminar ". Is that really so? How weblogs are changing the big media? Journalists and the Internet: Who controls who? 2003 October 10-11, Kaunas 10
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