More flexibility and freedom on the net has allowed for an advancement in how users receive and interpret news. Robert Burnett has agrued the net has become “a subset of a wider search for information by Web users” (206) and “has led to a shift in how we recontextualise news around a much larger search for information” Online users can research news on a higher scale and can priorotise the importance of information they choose to receive. Paragraph 8 from Meikle highlights the internets oppurtunities by 'searching for new ways to hierarchise those sources, to establish some as more legitimate than others'. Many have argued television news programmes are biased and attempt to manipulate viewers by focusing on particular topics more than others, a key question to be asked is whether this is an aspect which seems to be as existant when researching news online. Online reports are still being delivered by popular broadcast channels like BBC , ITV and Sky although users have more choice and freedom when researching different sources. The quality of a majority of these reports is often questioned as bit part journalists and writers withold the ability to create news within very few limitations. The idea that anyone can be a journalist online is often criticised as open news is becoming more popular by day. Meikle , paragraph 18 informs us 'even the Sydney site, which, perhaps because of the history and involvement of the Catalyst group, promotes open publishing rather more than some other Indymedia sites. The concept of whether open news is actually entirely open remains skeptical as sources like Indymedia have introduced a system where audience members can sub edit , checking facts adding sources , checking spelling and more. The availabilty of news online is 24/7 and global meaning sources can come from different cultures and backgrounds in comparison to fixed broadcast channels from one location.
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A measured response showing that you are aware there's a bit of a battle going on. Any ideas of how news providers will manage to re-establish their authority, if at all? Another question - if news from other culturesis now more easily available , do you think that means people wil become more aware of how other cultures see them through reading it, or will they just read the news they are used to reading?
ReplyDeleteKeep it up Daniel - you are catching up on things - and do make sure to keep brining in critical insights and unit ideas and terminology into your comments.
I think most online users would be oblivious in noticing how other cultures perceive them as they are more interested in obtaining the news and information they are searching for. On the other hand some may just wish to ignore this as they are already aware of how different cultures see eachother.
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