Thursday, November 16, 2006
Lessons of Internet age
"Citizen journalism has quickly infiltrated an industry sometimes sluggish to make big changes, and the phenomenon demonstrates that a mainstream industry has learned its lesson from the revolutionary impact of the Internet."
The time of old regular news broadcast is over. The new age is here. Most news networks are depending more on their audience to help them with certain news stories. By people now taking pictures of different things and sending it in to the networks, it makes the audience feel like they are apart of the news instead of the old fashioned way were the newscasters are just speaking to us.
"If a network does not find easy ways to incorporate viewer-contributed content into broadcasts, it can rest assured that another network will, which has pushed the evolution of citizen content forward more quickly."
Certain networks have already used citizen journalism like NBC. They used it for the 2004 elections. Soon ABC will open up a a website that will allow viewers to submit images and video. This will encourage people to go out their and film their own news. Is that a good idea or bad idea?
The time of old regular news broadcast is over. The new age is here. Most news networks are depending more on their audience to help them with certain news stories. By people now taking pictures of different things and sending it in to the networks, it makes the audience feel like they are apart of the news instead of the old fashioned way were the newscasters are just speaking to us.
"If a network does not find easy ways to incorporate viewer-contributed content into broadcasts, it can rest assured that another network will, which has pushed the evolution of citizen content forward more quickly."
Certain networks have already used citizen journalism like NBC. They used it for the 2004 elections. Soon ABC will open up a a website that will allow viewers to submit images and video. This will encourage people to go out their and film their own news. Is that a good idea or bad idea?
Comments:
<< Home
Well? Is it a good idea or a bad idea? And secondly, is it a reality or just an experiment that may not work? Are the networks really relying on viewer contributions or just making a show out of their version of citizen journalism?
Post a Comment
<< Home
