My name is Christian Domingo. This is my first "blogging" adventure, and I'm pretty excited :)
I'm taking a class at College of the Canyons on media and society and am required to create a blog, so here it is!
I am for the thesis statement, "Blogging has significantly impacted the print journalism industry."
I researched this topic and here's a summary of what I found from three different websites:
Is blogging a credible source of information?
From here, http://www.defenselink.mil/transformation/articles/2006-06/ta062906b.html, I found that blogging may be a credible source for information. It talks about how there are hyperlinks that reference the information posted so that the blog is not all opinion, but has a foundation in truth from at least one source. This article also goes over how to read a blog so an analyst can understand the blogger.
How effective is blogging, i.e. are blogs effective at reaching an audience?
From here, http://www.michaelsweeting.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/blogging-the-most-effective-medium-to-reach-a-large-scale-audience, I found that an average of how many blogs are created a day, and that blogs are one of the most effective ways to reach large scale.
How has blogging influenced journalism?
From here, http://www.journalism.org/node/11966, I found the different reactions from newspaper editors about the web and blogs (short for web logs); almost half of the newspaper editors were excited, and a little more than half were conflicted while a tiny percent was worried. I also found a statistic on how much time newspaper editors spend on newspapers (63% of their time), blogs (5% of their time), and on both (30% of their time).
I have taken the stance that blogging has significantly impacted print journalism because I think that blogging is more reliable and credible than print journalism. I feel like bloggers don't have political or profitable reasons on what they post and what side they take because most blogs are free to read, as opposed to the newspapers that are sometimes controlled by much larger corporations that will lean a certain way for political reasons. Blogs are more down to earth and honest.
I like the way you did this assignment by choosing a specific article. You bring up some interesting points. I like how you say that blogs are more down to earth and honest.
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