11. Though they can be interesting, blogs are not an influential force in online news reporting.…
I myself chose to blog about a subject with very little newsworthy value. In this respect, prior to the social networking essence of blogging, my works would have had little value as a source for public writing. However, given the quality of my site and the professional (though personal) characteristics of my writing style, I can command authority within the digital community of my subject, and confuse a reader by virtue of my knowledge base alone. Technorati (2011) would categorise my blog within the “Hobbyist” genre. In definition the blog is of a personal nature, written for fun, and based around interactivity with my audience and community. With the content based on subjective comment, the social media characteristics of this type of blog allow this type of private writing to enter the public domain, and obscure the line between audience and producer in the digital…
The first article, Search Engine Agendas by Gary Anthes is based on how the internet can redirect your political views by giving pleasant or unpleasant, information or news on a platform you’re searching up. The author, Gary Anthes, is a technology writer and editor based in Arlington, Virginia therefore he is able to speak about this topic because of the research he implements into his written article. Right away in the first paragraph, Gary gives a summary of the main ideas of George Orwell’s novel, 1984. One of the ideas presented in 1984 is of the invisible entity that manipulates the truth and perspectives of citizens without their acknowledgement. The author compares this idea to today’s internet because search engines…
Politicians have to keep up with the fast pace of the media. Utilizing internet websites, blogs, and social networks is a way for them to play a part in this form of media. Americans have more information then ever at thier fingertips and this allows them to make a better…
The writer opinion is that protecting freedom of speech is now up to people of the Internet age. As institutional gatekeepers lose their power to control information, it becomes easier for self- appointed individual gatekeepers to step in. The common result is barbarous accusations and calls for an apology in response to online content. The authors…
Blog #1 (6/10 – 614) Human Development Posters - Adrianna Casale, Julie Cavicchia Moderators - Matthew Desjardin, Heather Duphily Respondents- Molly Keating, Jacklyn Moylan, Catherine Naylor Viewers- Edward O’Donnell, Meghan O’Neill, Meghan Reilly, Nicholas Mandarakas Blog #2 Posters – Molly Keating, Meghan O'Neill, Catherine Naylor Moderators – Edward O'Donnell, Nicholas Mandarakas, Catherine Naylor Respondents – Adrianna Casale, Meghan Reilly Viewers – Julie Cavicchia, Matthew Desjardin, Jacklyn Moylan Blog #3 Posters – Edward O'Donnell, Heather Duphily, Jacklyn Moylan, Moderators: Molly Keating, Meghan Reilly, Meghan O'Neill Respondents: Nicholas Mandarakas, Julie Cavicchia, Matthew Desjardin Viewers: Catherine Naylor, Adrianna Casale Blog #4 Posters – Matthew Desjardin, Meghan Reilly, Nicholas Mandarakas Moderators – Julie Cavicchia, Catherine Naylor, Adrianna Casale Respondents – Meghan O'Neill, Heather Duphily, Edward O'Donnell Viewers –Molly Keating, Jacklyn Moylan Blog #5 Posters – Adrianna Casale, Julie Cavicchia, Molly Keating, Heather Duphily Moderators – Matthew Desjardin, Heather Duphily, Edward O'Donnell Respondents – Nicholas Mandarakas, Jacklyn Moylan, Meghan O'Neill, Meghan Reilly Viewers – Catherine Naylor Blog #6 Posters – Meghan O'Neill, Nicholas Mandarakas, Matthew Desjardin Moderators – Jacklyn Moylan, Molly Keating, Meghan Reilly, Catherine Naylor Respondents – Julie Cavicchia, Heather Duphily, Edward O'Donnell, Adrianna Casale Viewers – Nicholas Mandarakas, Matthew Desjardin Blog #7…
Blog Brainstorm Technologically Advanced? - social media - o Twitter o Facebook o LinkedIn o Blog - email - phone calls What you can do with PR? - healthcare - entertainment - internal comm. - Agency - Corporate - Nonprofit Blog Brainstorm Technologically Advanced?…
Blogs are interactive for readers to provide commentary or news about an issue or subject. Wal-Mart one of the largest retailing corporations hired a Public Relations company to put in a little more effort into blogging about “Wal-Mart Across America”. Wal-Mart sponsored a couple that traveled to Wal-Mart’s across the country to get stories of happy employees working at Wal-Mart. The rumors got out that Wal-Mart hired a PR company to blog the happy employees at every Wal-Mart. The news got out that the blogs were not by ordinary people that decided to write good things about Wal-Mart. Many people were outraged about the blogs, so the CEO’s Edleman and Edleman wrote an apology letter revealing the truth about the blogs came from a PR company hired by Wal-Mart. Even the public relations firm revealed that the blogs were created by supporters of Wal-Mart. After they had some changes done to the Wal-Mart website they told the media that the public relations was hired to build consumer brands and it’s a mission for the corporation to have the public relations to lead the communication mix because they have the credibility and trust.…
Select a blog host. A host is a website whose blogging platform you'll use in order to start blogging. With the rise of the internet, dozens of blogging hosts have risen to prominence, many of them easy to use for people who know next to nothing about computers. There are plenty of free hosts in addition to hosts for which you need to pay. Here are a list of just a few:…
The propaganda model developed by Edwards S Herman and Noam Chomsky asserts that information presented to the general public via mainstream media outlets will be biased in relation to the interests of the multinational organisations or media conglomerates that own them. _(Herman & Chomsky, 1988)_ By publishing an article promoting the dominant discourse that _MySpace_ is a popular, thriving production with unlimited potential, _News Limited_ are encouraging…
According to the online Merriam Webster dictionary, a blog is a website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. The word is an abbreviation of “weblog,” a term coined in 1997 by Jorn Barger, who was popularly known as the editor of a famous early weblog, Robot Wisdom. The American blogger said that the term weblog, from the words “web” and “log,” was used to describe how he “logged the web” or recorded his internet wanderings (Wortham, 2007). Peter Merholz of Peterme.com was responsible for abbreviating the term into “blog” in 1999, jokingly splitting the word into “we blog.”…
The standards for bloggers versus professional journalists should be the same if the blog is claiming to be journalistic but most blogs are not. Blogs are used to communicate with others on a personal level--a conversation of the writer to the reader. Journalists write to be printed with editors cutting and changing their words to capture a conveyed meaning and an opinion. The blogger has complete control over what they are saying “the freedom from foreign gatekeepers” (Levinson, p. 84) this freedom allows the blogger to say whatever they want as opposed to the journalists editorial controlled writing. Both journalist and bloggers can earn money on what they write, so are they the same? No, a professional journalist is paid to write for someone and then all work is edited by someone else. A blogger being paid as an advocate of a product is nothing more than a paid spokesman. The question needing asked and answered is does advertising in traditional media compromise journalistic integrity? Levinson points out “that there is no cause and effect between advertising and faulty reporting” (p. 97) but he goes on to point out stories that have been killed because advertisers objected.…
I use the blogging as a source because in some cases it may be useful but in other and most cases the community is responding to a topic that has happened or will happen and turn it into so many…
With the development of technology, the ways human connect with each other have been improved a lot. The arrival of information age emphasizes the importance of the new interactive and social media. Use social networking software not only expands our circle of friends but also affect the way we entertainment, education, and communication. The social networking applications such as RenRen, Instagram, QQ, and Twitter, all of them have some similarities and differences. In general, users appreciate the convenience, flexibility, and context that on social networking applications.…
Basically, I’m a frustrated writer and a blogger who makes sense after all. I like expressing my thoughts and opinions even though it may sound absurd or sensible. I have a hungry mind towards a thing that catches my attention. To be a blogger is not simple, either to be a writer. It may give you pleasurable desires but it can also give you constructive criticisms in return. Some people can appreciate you, some people can bash you. Before, I was actually fond writing my piece in my so-called-diary, but now, because of technology, I put in my online diary. My sanctuary and my freedom place – Tumblr.…