TOPIC 1 wk 5
e) Para 19 Can open news ever be completely open? Do people take different (possibly unequal) roles in collaboration?
Although it is a nice idealistic idea to provide a completely open journalistic experience, I believe this can never be achieved. For example, Wikipedia is arguably one of the best information and fact based web encyclopedia we have today. However, it will not be recognised by Universities because of it's inaccuracy and none-researched tendencies - even though the site boasts a citation tool and the ability to edit and add relevant sources. So it seems even with these attributes in place, a site can still be uncreditable.
I believe in open news there will always be a hierarchy of established web journalists and the more informal styled opinionists. I personally don't see this as much of an issue though, as I believe that most of the time is it easy to see the difference and pick out the better informed articles. There will always be unequal roles in collaboration, but these are (in most cases) probably the most reliable.
Although it is a nice idealistic idea to provide a completely open journalistic experience, I believe this can never be achieved. For example, Wikipedia is arguably one of the best information and fact based web encyclopedia we have today. However, it will not be recognised by Universities because of it's inaccuracy and none-researched tendencies - even though the site boasts a citation tool and the ability to edit and add relevant sources. So it seems even with these attributes in place, a site can still be uncreditable.
I believe in open news there will always be a hierarchy of established web journalists and the more informal styled opinionists. I personally don't see this as much of an issue though, as I believe that most of the time is it easy to see the difference and pick out the better informed articles. There will always be unequal roles in collaboration, but these are (in most cases) probably the most reliable.
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posted by Joanne at
03:24
2 Comments:
Do you believe there will always be a clear boundary for us to tell the difference between a web journalist and a less experienced writer?
I think a web journalist will write a well structures article weighing the facts and opinions in an interesting mannar. The less experience writer will write similarly to how they would a blog of comment with use of such phrases as 'i think' and over elaboration and spin of what 'could' or 'might' happen. Whenever there is opportunity to post freely, there will always be a range of talent - unless we all decide to become web journalists!
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