DIY Culture is defined by George McKay as "a youth centred and direct cluster of interests and practices around green radicalism, direct action politics new musical sounds and experiences"
I don't quite understand this question but what I think its asking is are these 'new' journalists making alternative news to the mainstream online, part of a different culture. Well yes, I suppose they are. I would consider them part of the growing online generation. It is much easier to get published online, to say whatever you want and for other people to respond and agree etc. However I don't think this exists offline because it can only really take part online, this type on interaction with blogging etc.
d)Is open news quality news?
"Open publishing means that the process of creating news is transparent to the readers" (par 17 line 1)
I wouldn't say that open news is necessarily quality news. I think that open news allows us to see the decisions that are made between news teams and why exactly some stories make the headlines while others don't. It is clear from reading paragraphs 17 and 18 that well researched news stories on the Inet are often replaced quickly and so often people do not even have a chance to read them before they are replaced with a newer story. In fact one point mentioned is that one of Indymedia’s slogans is “everyone is a journalist." which reiterates my point earlier that anyone can post news/information on the web and be a self proclaimed journalist thanks to the Inet culture.
e) Can open news ever be completely open? Do people take different (possibly unequal) roles in collaboration?
I think that 'open news' will never be able to be fully open, because how will we know what we are reading is true? If anyone has the opportunity to become part of this new culture of alternative journalists on the Inet, then who knows what kind of stories could be written and published. If the information does not come from a reliable source then how are we able to trust it??
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