This weeks topic answers are taken from Graham Meikle's: Indymedia and The New Net News which can be found here:
http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0304/02-feature.php
a) What do you think constitutes 'news' on the web?
In today's analysis of online news a key concept has been introduced by Robert Burnett et al 'Informational News'. They regard the impact of the Inet as a 'transformation in Journalism' where now the user has a greater involvement in the news. People now often look to a broader source than BBC news, ITV News for their news, looking for alternative new stories etc. However what constitutes 'news' on the web? New media forms offer enhanced flexibility, access to news 24hrs a day, audio and video. How people recieve and consume the news is an important factor to consider... People look for information of weblogs, newsgroups. People don't simply access the BBC 24 for their news, they opt for much more broader sources. Information/News can be discovered anywhere on the Inet. This change in peoples attitude to where they recieve their information is leading to a change in journalism, and to a 'new kind of journalist'. This leads me to question b)
b) Are there 'new kinds of journalists' online? If so, how?
Because of the increased demand for 'new and alternative' news, new types of journalists are arriving. Anyone can become a journalist in terms of the Inet, as people know find their news from weblogs etc. People for example, Perez Hilton (a celebrity gossip queen) started a website and published stories about stars and befre you know it, hundred of people where flocking to his website to find out the latest gossip. The Inet has opened up hundreds of opportunities for journalists to get their work seen. Does anyone else know of anyone who has shown that anyone can be a journalist? Or how the Inet has changed the consumption of news?
c,d,e,f will follow
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I agree with you answer to B, the internet has now given everyone the opportunity to become a 'journalist' as users can access open websites or create blogs to document their ideas and opinions and write little 'stories' about whats happening in the world.
ReplyDeleteI don't know anyone myself who's used the internet to become a journalist, but my friend told me about this guy she knows who write reviews and music articles online and posts them to an open website.