“What have been some of the ways in which internet technology has changed our lives--how and where we work, learn, live, etc?” (Heenan) We can change our ways of thinking by opening our minds when we share information. When we open our sources to be criticized, or show them to the internet world in order to receive some suggestions. Also, I absolutely agree with Dan Gillard when he said on Chapter 12 about writing his book, “Locking down heritage means locking out vital innovation, and I don’t want to be one of the people who turn reasonable protections into absolute control.” Dan Gillard wants suggestions. He truly enjoys getting feed back from the community and complains that journalism does not “listen” to the community when they have opinioned comments to say, insights, adding to the reporting, etc. And when we (internet users) go public with our projects and are genuine about having someone else’s insights, we are liked by people because we are humble enough to accept what other people say. In order to do this, we need to leave our egos behind and that is what most journalists do because they often complain that they run out of time.
That’s why all of those who are citizen journalists, or have a truthful weblog that doesn’t sell ads and is not manipulated by companies – which is what most journalism business do – we trust in ourselves. Lately, news readers and watches have become more skeptical about news. Sometimes they are biased and we don’t enjoy it. For all those who are bilingual in Spanish, you can go to Univision, look for “La Santa Muerte” report which was given on the weekend. It annoyed me because it only talked about the good stuff that this “Saint of the Dead” does. It did not talk about the bad stuff. It was definitely biased.
It’s sad that most Hispanics who live in the U.S. do not know that news need to be objective all the time giving both sides of the news. But also Mexico still gives subjective news which is wrong. I am glad that the U.S. has so many different blogs that makes people to have better resources of having, adding and contradicting of ideas in order for people to know where the truth lies. It is sad that Mexico does not provide any of these.
That’s why all of those who are citizen journalists, or have a truthful weblog that doesn’t sell ads and is not manipulated by companies – which is what most journalism business do – we trust in ourselves. Lately, news readers and watches have become more skeptical about news. Sometimes they are biased and we don’t enjoy it. For all those who are bilingual in Spanish, you can go to Univision, look for “La Santa Muerte” report which was given on the weekend. It annoyed me because it only talked about the good stuff that this “Saint of the Dead” does. It did not talk about the bad stuff. It was definitely biased.
It’s sad that most Hispanics who live in the U.S. do not know that news need to be objective all the time giving both sides of the news. But also Mexico still gives subjective news which is wrong. I am glad that the U.S. has so many different blogs that makes people to have better resources of having, adding and contradicting of ideas in order for people to know where the truth lies. It is sad that Mexico does not provide any of these.
well i agree with your thoughts on journalism. It is in fact biased but do you think that it has to be. That is to say the journalists job is to get the story and present it. Often times in doing so the report may come across as biased.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a good thing that we have so many people blogging that after checking a few differing opinions, the more correct one usually shows itself.
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