Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Armed with Right cellphone, anyone can be a journalist-
After reading this article I thought that the title said it all.. now a days people can do anything and be anything that they want to be. When people take pictures on their cell phones after witnessing an accident, murder, etc it could be very helpful to official authorites but on the other hand can be very dangerous at the same time.. for instance if an eyewitness witnesses a bank robbery and recorded it on their cell phone or took a picture of the bank robber and the robber notices that this total stranger has just captured a picture of them in action it can end up being very dangerous. If the bank robber escapes they could in the end go after the person who just took their picture. For example, in a movie that I have seen called “Cellular” its about a husband who recorded a crime on his camcorder and the bad guys noticed him taping it and went after the guys whole family. They kidnapped his wife and son just so that they could get the tape from the husband and so that they wouldn’t get caught.
“it allows our audience to be true eyewitnesses,” said Kenny Plotnik, vice president and news director wabc., who said he was riveted by cellphone photos from the long subway bombings and from areas hit by hurricane dennis.”
Like I said a bove although it lets the audience be an eyewitness it can also be dangerous at the same time.
I agree with what WABC’s says. “ wabc’s requests for viewer submissions caution people not to endanger themselves to get a good shot “
Another good quote in the article is “eyewitnesses tend to see things differently from how they really occurred,” he said. “they are sometimes really inarticulate about describing it, and even if they are articulate and have good vision, the best they can do is translate it into words,”
“it allows our audience to be true eyewitnesses,” said Kenny Plotnik, vice president and news director wabc., who said he was riveted by cellphone photos from the long subway bombings and from areas hit by hurricane dennis.”
Like I said a bove although it lets the audience be an eyewitness it can also be dangerous at the same time.
I agree with what WABC’s says. “ wabc’s requests for viewer submissions caution people not to endanger themselves to get a good shot “
Another good quote in the article is “eyewitnesses tend to see things differently from how they really occurred,” he said. “they are sometimes really inarticulate about describing it, and even if they are articulate and have good vision, the best they can do is translate it into words,”
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How is this trend improving the news? In what way is it a gimmick? Will this change the business of news? Will this change the relationship between the audience and the media?
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