1. The Blogosphere
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2. Outline
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Identifying trends in weblogs
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The relationship between journalism and blogs
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Are bloggers journalists?
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The rise of citizen blogging

3. Trends in Weblogs
Some main trends in weblogs include:
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Online newspaper content is 'shovelware'
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They almost have no original content
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No by-line
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Rather informal in nature
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A summary of a previously published news
story

4. The Blog: Destruction of news form?
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Do weblogs affect the structure of traditional
broadcast journalism?

5. Interactive Journalism
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“We don't know yet what the Net makes
possible because we're still asking how the
journalism we've known and loved translates to
the new medium – or doesn't.” (Rosen, quoted
in Outing 2001)
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Blogging as a comlimentary feature to
traditional news forms, as opposed to the
enemy
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'This is my opinion of your opinion'
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=D5rnuMp4pcU&feature=related

6. What characterises a weblog?
1. Weblogs as a space for journalistic thinking for
which institutional journalism provides little
room
2. Weblogs as a challenge to corporate
journalism
3. Weblogs as a democratic, interactive space
(Matheson 2004: 451)

7. Are Bloggers Journalists?
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New vs Old media forms
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The role of bloggers in expressing interest in
themes that find no outlet in traditional media
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Creators of content or merely regurgitating
already published information?
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Blogs can provide a better platform for
communication with audiences
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj-c2PM-BIA

8. Discussion – Using Twitter
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Is blogging real journalism? Tweet your answer
using #MDIA5003

9. The Citizen Blogger: Fact or Fiction
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Bloggers can re-engage with audiences
differently than traditional media
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Anonymity within the online world
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'Knowledge as a process rather than
knowledge as a product' (Matheson 2004: 458)
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http://ijnet.org/blog/citizen-blogger-spots-error-
gets-un-make-correction

10. Conclusion
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Weblogs act as a place of individual reflection
on already published news stories
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The line between journalists and bloggers is
slowly being blurred due to the internet
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Regardless of title, a writers information should
be factual, and you should be able to back up
opinion.

11. References
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Matheson, Donald (2004) 'Weblogs and the epistemology of
the news: some trends in online journalism', New Media and
Society, 6(4): 443:468
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Righteous.com
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Feministing.com
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Hearst Newspapers (Horsey)
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Devriesblog.com
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Joyblogger.typepad.com