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Comment on Editorial boards: from hush-hush to instant replay by IsobbyappatryMal

IsobbyappatryMal — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:36:11 +0000

adbocfbguswkpvcdwell, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how’s life? hope it’s introduce branch

Comment on Chapter seven clears the air by Condemnatory

Condemnatory — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:15:30 +0000

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Condemnatory.

Comment on Bringing manners to the blogosphere by kegill

kegill — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:58:58 +0000

Hi, Kendra! You’ve taken a different approach from the standard — and I think it works! This code of ethics would apply equally well to comment participants, for example.

The “big” missing piece, I think, is that of transparency.

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Tue, 27 May 2008 18:24:17 +0000

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Comment on Chapter seven clears the air by kegill

kegill — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:55:07 +0000

Glad you liked the chapter!

Comment on Old gray lady’s newspapers versus the boomers’ kids blogs by paks2008

paks2008 — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:32:21 +0000

KC, I agree with what you said about old and new media coexisting. Every medium has its own audience and most people like to stay within their comfort zones. But just as you and Kendra both say, online readership and blogging are constantly gaining momentum. I’m not exactly sure how ethos in traditional journalism should be re-thought in this day and age to appeal to the younger demographics, but a good way to start would be to provide more in-depth coverage and other features online on one story instead of just having the same story offered online. It’s not very new or innovative and pretty much pointless to have two versions of the same article.

Comment on Old gray lady’s newspapers versus the boomers’ kids blogs by KC Cowen

KC Cowen — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:28:46 +0000

In response to Kendra’s response to Lorin… I agree that blogs can be wasteful if there are “lots of people talking at each other, but little interaction or response”. In my mind, I visualize a Fox news program where everyone is just screaming at each other, interrupting, talking over each other, etc. (I believe that Jon Stewart referred to these types of news show participants as hacks) There is truly little interaction, little listening. Listening and responding is the only path to understanding.
And in response to Kendra’s response to Whitney… I agree that “authors will try to complete more research and create better posts since their posts are open to such scrutiny.” Isn’t this the idea behind the links and tagging that we have learned this quarter?

Comment on Old gray lady’s newspapers versus the boomers’ kids blogs by kendra4

kendra4 — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:11:33 +0000

In response to Whitney — I agree with you that accuracy is being more criticized because more people have access to the information; however, I don’t think accuracy is something that authors are more likely to skip out on. If anything, I think (at least I hope) authors will try to complete more reasearch and create better posts since their posts are open to such scrutiny.

In response to Lorin — 840 comments?! I wonder how many hours people spent pretending to work, while they were actually writing 2,000 word responses to a New York Times article? Not only does your post make me question who is listening to us, but why are we wasting so much time posting if no one is reading? I feel like blogs are just a way for people to talk when they have no one that wants to listen. Lots of people talking at each other, but little interaction or response.

Comment on Old gray lady’s newspapers versus the boomers’ kids blogs by Lorin

Lorin — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:24:32 +0000

In response to your comment on comments (lol), I read an editorial on the New York Times today about Clinton needs to be the one to decide when she exits the race and not the media. The story was about 500 words long, yet when I started to take a look at the 840 comments submitted by readers, some of them had written what seemed like term papers as a rebuttal or an agreement to the editorial. The comment system constructed by the Times is similar to how I view blogs – a random assemblage of commenting. Just imagine if someone asked you what’s the best way to save the environment? Millions of blogs have been created to answer this question. Who is right? Everyone? No one? I am so grateful that we can all speak now, but who is listening to what we are saying?

Comment on Old gray lady’s newspapers versus the boomers’ kids blogs by Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:40:33 +0000

I think you are extremely right in saying that immediacy is an aspect of the digital world that print media can’t compete with. But, as I was reading your comment, I started thinking about weather accuracy really could be compromised. It seems that anything that goes digital, especially in large scale publications, are scrutinized more than ever. I think that accuracy if anything is paid more close attention to because so many more people have the chance to access information (through RSS feeds, search engines etc.). Accuracy might be something that the writer could more easily skip out on, but I think the ramifications of that action will probably hit them harder than in a print publication.