TOPIC 1 wk 5
d) Para 18 Is open news quality news?
I believe the opinion being put across here is that if news becomes too open it becomes less and less effective - a quantity over quality issue. When universal access is allowed to such sites there will always be some that treat the opportunity in the same way they would a blog or a comments field. It is then understandable why restrictions have been put in place on many of the Indymedia sites. It seems there must be a distinction between recognised web journalists and unfamiliar one-timers. This could be theorised as web news imitating the structural habits of newspapers, however it could also be said that there is a middle ground the new media has yet to reach. Trial and error must continue until a working formula is found. Whether or not open news is quality news depends on the reader's opinion and the author's deliverance.
I believe the opinion being put across here is that if news becomes too open it becomes less and less effective - a quantity over quality issue. When universal access is allowed to such sites there will always be some that treat the opportunity in the same way they would a blog or a comments field. It is then understandable why restrictions have been put in place on many of the Indymedia sites. It seems there must be a distinction between recognised web journalists and unfamiliar one-timers. This could be theorised as web news imitating the structural habits of newspapers, however it could also be said that there is a middle ground the new media has yet to reach. Trial and error must continue until a working formula is found. Whether or not open news is quality news depends on the reader's opinion and the author's deliverance.
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posted by Joanne at
03:28
1 Comments:
I agree though websites such as Indymedia recognise themselves as an independent news source, there must always be limitations, or whose to say that people tell the truth and also the more stories that are published on a particular topic the less concerned people will become about it, a line must always be drawn somewhere.
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