A quick riff on Esther’s point about journalistic ethics: The problems of the world are too complex to be solved by ideologues and oversimplifications. The problem, of course, is that big media is perfectly suited – and actively organizing – for “the big story,” which becoming the simple story. At the same time, standards for […]
Wilkinson mentioned “controlling the dialogue”. Right there, he taps into the most consequential split between blogs and traditional media. For the politician, blogs are absolutely uncontrollable; they are an intrinsically chaotic medium with a penchant to move towards all out conflict. The informal, almost personalized feeling of blogs creates a different reaction in the viewer […]
Bohrman: Blogging is a potential cesspool of information. Sandy Close: It’s not just bloggers–how about the ethnic media? Howard Rheingold: While we’re debating, real journalists are out there–they might be bloggers or professional journalists. What matters is finding out what’s true. Greenfield: That’s a traditional media notion. Mernit comment: Being accurate is traditional? I think […]
As George Burns once said about authenticity, “if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” Current big media thinking seems uneasy with authenticy. This is dangerous because people are becoming more sensitive to it. They are seeking a proliferation of perspectives from different sources. Soccer moms looking for things to do with their kids, […]
To riff on Howard Rheingold and Jay Harris’ point: This is the question news organizations need to ask first. Can the industry really expect ROI that’s 6x the average Fortune 500 company? Especially when everyone has the opportunity to become a global media entity on their own – and their doing it.
Jeff Greenfield: Why does TV matter to blog readers? Jake Tapper: I see wired readers as an opportunity–I wish we could broadcast my reports 1:20 and send them straight to phones..I find the paper boring. I read it every day, but I don’t think the newspaper business is adapting–but I think broadcast can-that’s why I […]