Abstract This paper analyzes methods for receiving news, particularly blogging. It discusses the legitimacy of blogging as a form of journaling and reporting. It then compares blogging to alternate methods fro receiving news, such as late-night television and tabloid television shows.
From the Paper "Blogging and Alternative Methods of Receiving News Blogging is a relatively new method for both giving and receiving news. Blogging is essentially journaling; however, through its popularity as a form of communication, it has gained legitimacy as a form of reporting. This legitimacy that has been gained is similar to that of other alternate news sources, such as late-night television and tabloid television shows. This paper will examine blogging and other alternate methods for receiving news. It will be used to discuss the influence of blogging and alternate news methods on the public and on more traditional new reporting, as well as the ethics of these alternate methods of reporting the news. Blogging Blogging is a method of journaling online. According to Deborah Ng, blogs are "personal Internet journals [that] have taken the Internet by storm" (par. 1)."
The paper examines the phenomena and rapid spread of social networking sites and blogs, their influence on users and the responsibility this puts on site owners and users.
Abstract Over the past few years we have witnessed an explosion in the number of social networking sites in all shapes and forms as well as an even greater spread in the use of blogs as a means of information dissemination and communication. This paper examines the development of the social networking and blog culture and discusses the responsibility that networking site owners and blog publishers have both to themselves and the larger world of internet users. The author examines the case for free speech and freedom of expression that social networking and blogging is built around as opposed to the need for social responsibility and the preservation of picture and privacy. The work has one drawing and extensive links to internet sites.
From the Paper "Now that the technological era is booming, and far from reaching its pinnacle any time in the near future, the computer and items pertaining to the industry reign supreme. This 'regime of the networks' will last because their uses are vastly increasing to a seemingly infinite number. Moreover, whether information is hoarded, transferred, or rubbed out, it can all be done through such networks. Among the various types, social networks are best suited for examining the responsibilities of users and providers. Although there is a substantially tactile presence when being 'social' in its truest form, social networks allow the physical manipulations of data, info, or even programs in the vast 'cyber space' to make a presence of intangible character, something nevertheless palpable in mindset. This is important to comprehend because based on this assumption, regulations, prohibitions, and responsibilities are developed to help maintain an ethical and legal area. These responsibilities and regulations help in preventing the constant cleansing and upkeep by the provider of such areas based on nonsensical, irresponsible acts on both ends. However, these responsibilities should be balanced, where both sides' obligations are abecedarian enough to actually make an effect."
Tags:blog, social networking, internet blogger responsibility facebook
Abstract This paper discusses the phenomenon of individuals being able to spend very little to own their own personal web space. Specifically, the paper discusses the term, 'weblog' or 'blogging.' It describes the history and development of blogging, as well as the different types of blogs that exist. The paper then focuses on political blogs and their advantages.
From the Paper "All that's left is for the rest of the political machine to catch up with the blogging phenomenon. While a number of candidates and both parties have attempted to catch the weblog wagon by initiating blogs of their own, further steps have to be taken. Once elected officials begin to realize that citizens are accepting weblogs as legitimate sources of truthful and factual information, the message will be sent that they can no longer rely on the popular media spin to hide their antics, but must be held accountable for what is done. Further, should they adapt to the revolution caused by the modern weblog, a new era of transparency ought to be ushered into government. For too long, politicians have assumed that the general voting public was uninformed of major issues and charged themselves with the job of making decisions without public consent."
Abstract This paper argues that the advent of bogging facilitates the participation of millions of people in the public sphere rather than just a select few professional journalists. The author points out that, today, bloggers have the same opportunity as these select few people, such as journalists, to have a voice in the public sphere and an opportunity to influence the public's views and perceptions, due to the fact that their message can reach many people through the internet. The paper stresses that blogging enriches democracy.
From the Paper "Democracy literally means governance by the people. Yet apart from voting every few years, most people have little opportunity to influence public policy. Traditionally, a select few people who have a voice in the public sphere, such as journalists, have had at least some opportunity to influence the public's views and perceptions, due to the fact that their message and point of view can reach many people. This exclusivity has changed with the advent of blogging, and this will surely enrich democracy, facilitating as it does the participation of millions of people in the public sphere, rather than just a select few."
Abstract This paper examines the new media phenomenon of blogs, which is a log or journal recording an individual's thoughts and opinions that is published on the Internet through hosting sites, and the blogosphere, which is the totality of blogs linked to each through hypertext, as a disseminator of information and as a new medium for social organization. The author concludes that the future of the blogosphere will likely be as a complementary information medium to traditional hierarchical media models given that it better harnesses the ideas of a collective than can institutionalized public broadcast media. The paper projects that, when blog hosting companies are purchased by larger media corporations, their bloggers will likely find greater restrictions placed upon their speech, similar to the blogosphere in the People's Republic of China.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Blogs and the Blogosphere: A Brief Description
Theorizing Blogs and the Blogosphere
The Blogosphere and Corporate Power
Conclusion: The Future of the Blogosphere
From the Paper "As we have seen, a theoretical and historical analysis of new media technologies, such as the blogosphere, suggests that these revolutionary new media can only be fully understood within the broader frame of their social and political context. Applying this theoretical insight to the medium of the blogosphere reveals complex dynamic tensions within the blogosphere between populist expression and corporate power. These tensions reflect both the importance of this new medium from the perspective of major transnational corporations, as well as their interest in co-opting or assimilating its populist power to meet corporate agendas."
Abstract The paper discusses the heavy use of blogs in 2004 and the even larger use of blogs in the 2008 election. The paper explores how technology has permeated our election culture and how it has changed the face of the presidential elections. The paper also examines how candidates can use blogs effectively. The paper concludes that more people will continue to rely on political blogs for their news, information and choices about political candidates. The paper warns, however, that we have to learn when to give online sources credibility and when to steer clear of inflammatory and false Web sites.
From the Paper "Twenty years ago, on presidential election night, most Americans would gather in front of the television to watch election returns struggle in from across the nation. In 2000, for most Americans it was television news reports that first broke the news Florida had gone for Gore, and then, that it had not. All that changed by 2004, when Internet resources and technologies played a much larger role in the election and how people got election results."
Abstract This paper reviews how "blogs", or online journals like Xanga and Livejournal, relate to community and globalization. It also discusses the many uses of such online communities and the way in which "blogging" surpasses the boundaries of physical community, such as space/time and visual representation.
From the Paper "The increasing popularity of blogs is undeniable; it is estimated that roughly 10 million will exist by the end of 2004, the majority of which -- 90% -- are personal sites that belong to teenagers and young adults between the ages of 13 and 29 (Nussbaum par. 3). This popularity is due, in large part, to the sense of community that blogs provide. For personal users, blogs become a kind of unlocked diary or journal, a means of expression that makes what would otherwise be private a public matter. They provide a unique opportunity for extroverted introspection, allowing the writer both self-examination and the display of that examination. As Emily Nussbaum, contributor to the New York Times points out, "if teen bloggers give something up by sloughing off a self-protective layer, they get something back too -- a new kind of intimacy, a sense that they are known and listened to" (par. 5)."
Tags: globalization, livejournal, online, space, time, weblogs, xanga
Abstract This paper discusses weblogs (more commonly known as blogs). The paper describes the history of blogs and their usefulness to people attempting to find information on the Internet. The paper concludes that with so much proliferation of information and the need to try to find some identity in the world, the blogosphere is going to become more and more universal.
From the Paper "Velkov (2005, p. 36) explains that the blog offers new forms of association, where people sharing ideas get together to form new publics. These publics can also be groups of individuals dealing with an issue who disagree on the best way to handle it and are willing to discuss it. These publics have an ability to mobilize people in cyberspace: They "have become key players in democracies, because they have the power to act collectively in meaningful ways and exert influence on political leaders." They pursue specific agendas and create detailed communication strategies. When the Madrid train bombings occurred in March 2004, for example, citizens used millions of short-message service messages to criticize the government, which initially tried to blame the Basque separatist group ETA rather than Al Qaeda, in a last-minute attempt not to jeopardize the elections. Blogs mobilized hundreds' of thousands of Spaniards to participate in a large protest march through the streets of the capital."
Abstract This paper discusses the latest Internet craze of blogging. The paper describes and defines what weblogs are and contends that blogging can develop in a number of different directions. One of these is that they become part of the peer-to-peer phenomenon that is becoming so popular on the Web. Another is that weblogs will evolve into a standard tool for communication. The paper states that there is little doubt that the scope for weblogs and blogging in commerce and journalism is enormous. Only a few of the most relevant aspects have been touched on this paper.
Outline
Introduction
Definition
History
The Impact of Weblogs
Journalism
Politics
Commerce
Weblogs and the Academic Community
The Future
Conclusion
From the Paper "Weblogs have developed from a personal hobby and an Internet specialist niche to an important contemporary mainstream communications phenomenon. Weblogs or blogs have entered into almost every sphere of communications and knowledge sourcing. While blogging is relatively easy to explain in terms of the mechanics of its functioning, it is much more difficult to understand in terms of the implications and potential for development; particularly with regard to the fields of politics, journalism, academic research and education. "
Abstract This paper serves as a basic guide to the Internet, presenting and defining commonly used terms as well as describing effective strategies for businesses. The author puts particular emphasis on blogging, describing it as one of the most popular uses of the World Wide Web. Also presented are the fundamentals of HTML and methods of communication through the Internet. The paper concludes with useful business applications of the Web.
Outline:
Section 1: Ten Vocabulary Words Associated with Blogging on the Web
Section 2: Fundamentals
Section 3: Project Management
From the Paper "The programming language of HTML defines the structure and layout, or physical appearance of the Web document by using tags and attributes. Tags and attributes are bits of programming in the language of HTML that specify how the document, or a portion of the document should appear. ("What is a Tag?" Webopedia, 2006) Because of the relative ease of HTML, bloggers (persons who create blogs) do not have to be terribly technically literate to use the technology of HTML. The popularity of blogs and email, a non-web-based form of personalized communication in the form of electronic personal messages rather than public documents has made the Web, the Internet, and other incarnations of this form of communication a ubiquitous part of social and commercial life."
Abstract This paper explains that Dean is a social liberal, whose stance on such issues as abortion and same-sex unions remains consistent. The author points out that Dean is strongly in favor of repealing the 2001 Bush tax cuts and is emphatic about balancing the federal budget.The paper relates that Dean has relied heavily on the Internet for support and for fund raising, and his Internet BLOG sets his campaign apart from other candidates.
Table of Contents
Candidate Profile
Voting Records and Public Stands on the Issues
Campaign War Chest/Money Raised
Position in Political Opinion Polls
Major Endorsements
Campaign Themes
Major Assets
Major Obstacles
Summary
From the Paper "Dean's political career began in the early 1980s, when he was elected to the Vermont State House of Representatives. He served there from 1982 until 1986, when he was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. He was re-elected to that post twice, in 1988 and again in 1990. Dean first became Governor of Vermont in 1991 not by being elected but because the sitting Governor, Richard Snelling, died suddenly of heart failure. However, Dean was re-elected five times, in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. He did not seek re-election in 2002. After his fourteen-year tenure as Governor of Vermont, Dean decided to step down from his office to chase after the big seat in the White House. He became the first democrat to formally enter the 2004 Presidential Race in May 2002."
Abstract The paper looks into the newsroom cuts of two large newspaper companies; Knight Ridder and New York Times Co. It then reflects on the impact of the internet moving in on traditional newspaper turf including blogs. In conclusion, it reflects on the way newspapers have begun to count readership and report it to potential advertisers.
From the Paper "Now, when adding in the readership online and subtracting the duplicate readers that subscribe both in print and online, the NAA "found that Web sites increase the total audience by an average of approximately 12%" and more importantly "this was especially true among younger people, with adults 18 to 24 raising their numbers 16% (Saba)." The latter group being most significant to the newspapers as learned in lecture to the vitality and revenue of a newspaper. This is very encouraging to the newspaper medium and beginning to shape ad departments at newspapers nation wide. Some newspapers have merged online and print ad departments so as to be most flexible to clients' needs."
Abstract This article examines the use of communications and information technology in the modernization of a political party, both internally and externally. The writer discusses internal operations such as the development of voter lists. In addition, the writer looks at related external operations such as blogs.
From the Paper "The spread of new communications and information technologies, associated with computers and the Internet has opened new possibilities for the modernization of political parties. These possibilities apply both internally in the operations and electoral planning of a political party and externally in its communication with its broad membership as distinct from party officials and regulars and with the larger public among whom it competes for votes. Because the United States is the most extensively ... "
Abstract This paper discusses the ways in which the Internet has changed the way in which people use the media. It looks at the development of the Internet in terms of the media and how it has affected society. It analyzes the different ways that the Internet has affected the use of media and looks at the advantages and disadvantages of these changes.
Table of Contents:
Networking
Blogs IGN
Information, Fast and Dependable
Website News
Video games Via Web
Convergence with Television
Conclusion
From the Paper "Manuel Castells in his book The Rise Of The Network Society, describes our era as the time for the "Information Technology Revolution" . He speaks of many different ways in which the Internet has so far changed our lives and how it will affect our lives in the future. He argues that the most obvious changes can be found when exploring the relationships between society, the state and the overall economy. The most important of these changes that he suggests, is the increased dependency of networking within our culture and business practices. Interestingly, Castells makes a point in arguing that the Internet plays a key role in globalisation , in that people all over the world feel far less isolated because there is this technology, which has allowed for decreased space between all parts of the world. He suggests that time itself for all people, will be changed. Everything can be done incredibly faster. Keeping in contact with friends (all over the world), dating people from one's own city without having met them in the real world, adoption of children, divorcing of spouses - the list goes on. The most important of these changes however, is the process of information. It can now be done in real-time, as things happen. This was possible with radio and television, but with a key difference. The Internet allows for anyone to report information. The information does not have to be pre-prepared as a package, but (once again) as it happens - live - from a considerable amount of viewpoints. By having so many viewpoints of any particular event (professional and non-professional), the Internet essentially breaks down the authoritative nature of news in general."
Tags: networking blogs entertainment information news video games television, Convergence
Abstract The paper discusses how and why today's print media faces cutthroat and devastating competition from the printed word on the Internet. The paper does note several problems with online media but explains that blogs, opinionated posts and hastily constructed, user-generated content may generate more interest from an opinionated public. The paper concludes therefore that, in the future, the old advertising model and the ideal of professionally-produced and written newspapers, magazines, books, and even movies and television shows may come to an end.
From the Paper "Is print media dying? Although the printed word in book, magazine, and newspaper form has not yet gone the way of the 8-track, there can be no doubt that today's print media faces cutthroat and devastating competition from the printed word on the Internet. E-zines, spanning everything from television and music fan E-zines to serious news publications such as Slate, "have virtually no traditional paper, printing, or distribution costs, and are better versed in new media interactivity" (Walsh 2008). In other words, not only do readers not have to pay for the content, but these Internet publications without real-world counterparts also cost less money to produce. Furthermore, Internet readers on all types of print media sites have the added excitement of being able to interact with other people on message boards, as well as look at related video content on the sites, luxuries they do not have when reading print."
