Monday 29 August 2005
The Pitfall Of Blogging “On The Record”
Professional journalists are faced daily with the responsibility of going “on the record” in their writings. Those who are willing to speak “on the record” are often seen to be more credible than those who are willing to speak only in the shadow of anonymity. With few exceptions, this fact also differentiates good from poor journalism. Similarly, an unwritten rule of blogging is that you are forever bound to the words written in your blog. This is because once the content of your blog appears online, a copy of it will always exist somewhere else in cyberspace. Many search engines today, such as Google, cache the content of all web pages which they index. These caches then become indefinite records of what have been written by you online. Even years after the original blog is deleted, a copy of it may be retrieved online elsewhere. When I blog, I am keenly aware that my blog will also be “on the record” and that I will be ethically accountable to the words in my blog. Such is the price for establishing my voice in this online world.
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Sunday 28 August 2005
Is On Demand Broadcast The Future Of Television And Radio?
The era of push content by the mainstream media is coming to an end. This traditional model has been used since the invent of radio and television whereby the user just passively absorb contents delivered by these medium. The invent of the internet has forced the mainstream media to shift the way information is delivered to its audience and to give its user the power on what content to select. The popularity of on demand television and radio signals another shift in the paradigm on how content is delivered through these medium. I am a heavy user of personal video recorder (PVR). The PVR allows me to select only the shows that I like to watch and gives me the freedom to when I watch those shows. Recently, I have become a Podcast user. Podcasting lets me subscribe to radio shows of my choice and listen to them at my leisure. Today, PVR and Podcasting have largely replaced my antiquated way of how I use television and radio. The future of these medium lies with on demand broadcasting where the user will have complete control of content delivery in both time and space. I doubt that Guglielmo Marconi (the inventor of television) and John Baird (the inventor of radio) would have envisioned these changes on how information is delivered through their inventions.
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Friday 26 August 2005
Is Blogging A Tool Or A Fad?
While many internet trends had started online, few achieved critical mass to remain sustainable. Blogging has become one such rare phenomenon. It is now ubiquitous among the online culture. The power and freedom to “speak” by blogging are powerful lures to individuals who are seeking a voice in the vast space of the online world. In this world, the integrity of an opinion is judged only by the character of the writing and its content, blinded to the tyranny of political , economical, and social oppressions. Yet, unlike traditional forms of print, blogging crosses all lines of geography, politic, and culture. Professional journalists, whose opinions are often the most valued in our society, are now blogging to reach out to new audiences that are otherwise not targeted by traditional media. An example was Brian Williams who became the first mainstream journalist and network news anchor to start blogging in May 2005 on “The Daily Nightly” at MSNBC. Blogging is not a fad but a tool of communication that is here to stay.
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