Blogging vs. journalism

source: comix

source: notionscapital

source: jesse757

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

“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

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

1. The role of institution: internal rules vs. Absence ofphysical ind information background

2. Organization of labour: specialization and distributionof work

3. Newsgathering process (work with sources): routine vs. Rarity (specific sources)

4. Organization of content: rules help people understandthe importance of message

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

source: alex E. proimos

1. Hire bloggers

2. Employees blogging

3. Provide a news website with bloggingplatform

source: thequarterbin.com

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