Check this out and really read each of the items in the manifesto. What do you think of this? How have "old media" companies approached the Internet? How has that approach served them? What is the value of seeing something as an opportunity, rather than a threat?
Friday, September 25, 2009
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chatI found the Manifesto statement "The internet (changes) improves journalism" with the (changes) crossed out to be very true. I think that the Internet is a helpful media tool. Its efficiency, wide sharing capacity and constant "presenting information as an ever-changing, continual process."
Many of these points imply (and the last implicitly states) that EVERYONE can now consider themselves a journalist. This sounds great in theory, but it raises a lot of questions about whether people will take this seriously. And if some do not, what are the consequences?
I found number 13, "copyright becomes a civic duty on the internet" to bring up a very important point. I think copyright is often abused on the internet, whether for means of plagiarism or in cases like the article we read last week about SecondLife. Especially now, in a time where social media is exploding through sites like Twitter and Facebook, copyright obligations must be made more clear than ever.
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