Here's the full piece covered in your most recent "On the Media" podcast. It raises excellent ethical issues. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200910/media
Monday, September 21, 2009
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We spend time learning WHAT media workers do, but it's just as important to think about HOW they do it and WHY they do it. Let's get some ideas percolating about what we see and how it affects us. I call it "Sunrise on Media" because I often arrive at work obscenely early and will update this blog then.
Here's the full piece covered in your most recent "On the Media" podcast. It raises excellent ethical issues. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200910/media
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I think this is a great example of Obama's fear of the "blogosphere" takeover. On one hand, as the article says, the Internet is one of the most powerful democratic tools we have. It has the potential to open so many doors for journalists, from using social media to relying on blogs. On the other hand, the problem of relying on the blogosphere weigh heavily on journalistic credibility and accuracy. It also plays into the role of the reporter, with some arguing that the Internet makes them lazy.
We discussed this in our lab a little bit but I think the best way to go about using the blogosphere and the new social media tools is to develop some kind of standard or at least a standard approach. As was the case with Justice Sotomayor, contributors on the Internet have strong agendas that can be damaging when they don't need to be or taken out of context. I think journalists and news organizations need to figure out how they will incorporate this "democratic tool" to make sure they stay in touch with their community while maintaining their high journalistic morals.
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