Chapter 7 Notes (by Birin) We the media ch 7
Charlie Butte presenting
Notes by Birin
- Former consumers are now engaged consumers
- Zeyad: Iraqi blogger who covered the news of war in Iraq (Iraqi
citizen). Professional writers began to use his blog as a credible
source.
- Can blogs be considered credible sources?
*they must have a reputation
*it is the same as a "first hand witness"
*same concept as citing an interview
- rules don't apply to bloggers
*Rex is a citizen journalist who wrote a report on the interview but
went off the record and posted the interview on his blog
*ethics apply however people with strong opinions do post things
although it will be taken down. It is the responsibility of bloggers
to be appropriate
*if you are extreme/ inappropriate about what you write, you will lose readers.
- empowering the young and the old
*mit helped e elders create their own website so the ok'd folks could
write about their community in the easiest if ways.
- wiki (a different kind of encyclopedia)
is this info ever going to be viewed as credible source?
it should be but the fact that anyone can put anything on it makes
it less credible. (secondary source)
- will wiki ever put the normal encyclopedia businesses out of business?
yes because wiki is very adaptable
- Jimmy Wales's TED talk on encyclopedias including wiki
the idea to get a free encyclopedia to everyone
funded by donations from the public
2 million total articles
more popular than the NY times
1 employee (many many volunteers)
relies on the basis that most people understand the idea of neutrality
18% of all edits are done by anonymous people
- advertising vs the tip jar
BBC - pay or go to jail model (hasn't rurally worked well)
now that blogs are more popular they now have more mainstream advertisements
Chris Albritton (the tip jar) - your blog must be
controversial....he said if you give him money he would go to Iraq aid
cover the news
advertising is the better business model...we all discussed this in
Chapter 7 Notes (by Birin)
We the media ch 7
Charlie Butte presenting
Notes by Birin
- Former consumers are now engaged consumers
- Zeyad: Iraqi blogger who covered the news of war in Iraq (Iraqi
citizen). Professional writers began to use his blog as a credible
source.
- Can blogs be considered credible sources?
*they must have a reputation
*it is the same as a "first hand witness"
*same concept as citing an interview
- rules don't apply to bloggers
*Rex is a citizen journalist who wrote a report on the interview but
went off the record and posted the interview on his blog
*ethics apply however people with strong opinions do post things
although it will be taken down. It is the responsibility of bloggers
to be appropriate
*if you are extreme/ inappropriate about what you write, you will lose readers.
- empowering the young and the old
*mit helped e elders create their own website so the ok'd folks could
write about their community in the easiest if ways.
- wiki (a different kind of encyclopedia)
- is this info ever going to be viewed as credible source?
- it should be but the fact that anyone can put anything on it makes
it less credible. (secondary source)- will wiki ever put the normal encyclopedia businesses out of business?
- Jimmy Wales's TED talk on encyclopedias including wiki
- advertising vs the tip jar
- BBC - pay or go to jail model (hasn't rurally worked well)
- now that blogs are more popular they now have more mainstream advertisements
- Chris Albritton (the tip jar) - your blog must be
controversial....he said if you give him money he would go to Iraq aidcover the news
- advertising is the better business model...we all discussed this in
the first quarter