Sunday, July 24, 2011
What is blogging? Actually, the term of blogging is abbreviated from the term of "weblog" which is used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. Then, what is journalism? It is considered to be the practice of investigation and reporting of events or even trends to the readers. Some said that blogs are in fact journalism. However, I do not really agree with this point. If you ask me, I would like to say that they are indeed similar but not having the same meaning. For example, bloggers is in fact writing something that they know, but they are not necessarily correct. In fact, bloggers will voice out their own thoughts and feelings. However, journalists will write anything but based on facts. There are some cases whereby the bloggers put some of their thoughts onto their blogs and some viewers really taking into consideration on what are being written. Hence, many people have the misconception of bloggers are same as journalists.
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andy,i am agree with your point.For me,blogger and journalist is different.Blogger is just sharing something like video, picture or some note to everyone. Journalists is a job who reporting and recording news, information and entertainment to the world.
ReplyDeleteAlthough both bloggers and journalists causes the same misconception problem among the audience, bloggers' mistakes are being judged by people worldwide legally and with the freedom of voicing out. Hence, I believe that the bloggers' audiences will get answers and information that are helpful to them at the end of their search. However, the journalists' misconception is far more unfair as people do not have the right to question them.
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