This document discusses blogs and their relationship to journalism. It begins by defining blogs and outlining their dual nature as both a technology and genre. It then explores various functions and differences between blogging and traditional journalism, such as blogs providing space for discussion outside institutional rules and their interactive nature. The document also examines how media companies have reacted by hiring bloggers or providing blogging platforms. It concludes by listing the sources that inform the discussion.

1. source: comix

2. source: notionscapital

3. source: jesse757

4. The structure:
1. What is a blog?
2. Different functions of blogs
3. What are the differences between blogging and
journalism?
4. How do media react to their weaknesses?
5. The clash is over

5. “Short for weblogs, blogs are both a technology
and a genre.
1. Technology: format, layout, linking, and other
conventions (expertise needed)
2. Genre: invoke certain forms of discourse and shape
the outcome of the text

6. 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

7. 1. The role of institution: internal rules vs. Absence of
physical ind information background
2. Organization of labour: specialization and distribution
of work
3. Newsgathering process (work with sources):
routine vs. Rarity (specific sources)
4. Organization of content: rules help people understand
the importance of message

8. 5. Periodicity: rule of expectation vs. irregularity
6. Income: advertising revenue vs. part-time job
7. Audience: disconnected from clients vs. close to
audience
8. Interactivity: nothing or everything

9. source: alex E. proimos

10. 1. Hire bloggers
2. Employees blogging
3. Provide a news website with blogging
platform

11. source: thequarterbin.com

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14. Image credits
All images are under the Creative Commons licence (attribution):
• comix http://www.luisescobarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/doczoomvsquicksilver.jpg
• notionscapital http://www.flickr.com/photos/notionscapital/3961139526/sizes/o/
• jesse757 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesse757/3094868007/sizes/l/
• alex E. proimos http://www.flickr.com/photos/proimos/4199833475/sizes/o/
• thequarterbin.com http://thequarterbin.com/wp-content/uploads/116.jpg