Hello again! This week’s discussion is as followed:
ARE BLOGGERS JOURNALISTS? What is your take on this?
Blogs are no longer uncommon in the world in the present time compared to the past where expressing one’s thought are put down in paper and pen. Since the advent of blogs and bloggers, so did its population. The numbers of bloggers have increased rapidly with the help of social media sites such as blogspot.com and many more. More and more people are able to express their thoughts and share it with others. However, I don’t think that bloggers are journalists.
The reason is because that bloggers are not certified or authentic writers as compared to journalists. Bloggers mainly write what they themselves feel about certain issues whereas a journalist’s job is to report facts and solid information to the public. Information supplied by bloggers are not always as trustworthy as the information they blog about is not based on solid facts, but rather based on their own opinions.
Besides that, bloggers write because of their interest only or rather like a hobby. "A blogger writes out of passion, out of an extreme interest for a particular topic."
Like myself, I blog about things that interests me and how I feel about it. Journalists on the other hand, make a living out of writing and in a way journalists could be considered as a much more professional writer than just normal bloggers. So all in all, I don't think that bloggers and journalists can be put on the same level because bloggers are not journalists. Well, this is just my take on this week’s discussion. That’s all for now! =)
ARE BLOGGERS JOURNALISTS? What is your take on this?
Blogs are no longer uncommon in the world in the present time compared to the past where expressing one’s thought are put down in paper and pen. Since the advent of blogs and bloggers, so did its population. The numbers of bloggers have increased rapidly with the help of social media sites such as blogspot.com and many more. More and more people are able to express their thoughts and share it with others. However, I don’t think that bloggers are journalists.
The reason is because that bloggers are not certified or authentic writers as compared to journalists. Bloggers mainly write what they themselves feel about certain issues whereas a journalist’s job is to report facts and solid information to the public. Information supplied by bloggers are not always as trustworthy as the information they blog about is not based on solid facts, but rather based on their own opinions.
Besides that, bloggers write because of their interest only or rather like a hobby. "A blogger writes out of passion, out of an extreme interest for a particular topic."
Like myself, I blog about things that interests me and how I feel about it. Journalists on the other hand, make a living out of writing and in a way journalists could be considered as a much more professional writer than just normal bloggers. So all in all, I don't think that bloggers and journalists can be put on the same level because bloggers are not journalists. Well, this is just my take on this week’s discussion. That’s all for now! =)
"journalists could be considered as a much more professional writer than just normal bloggers."
ReplyDeleteits true because journalist need to write about facts, must based on trusted source and need to write in proper langueges, and the issues that the peoples in the world concern of.
Like what you've said about informations that are supplied by bloggers aren't always trustworthy, but in my opinion, some journalists' informations can't be trusted too. You might never know if it is true or not because some of them tell the wrong facts maybe it's because they are told to do so in order to get paid.
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