week 6 - monday 6 february
Online News
Questions for Discussion (not all-inclusive)- Is the expert the only credible source? I would argue that our trust in credentials gives the source the ability to decide what information is credible rather than making the reader accountable for assessing the information.
- How do you as a reader determine the credibility of the blog? Credentials? Content?
- Do you trust blog information to be credible?
- As a source of news which form (television, Internet, newspapers) do you find to be the most reliable and accurate?
- If we are every going to impact corporate media control, we need to change the idea that those source are the only credible sources for information. How can we change the notion of credibility to include resources such as blogs?
- How credible do you think blogs are?
- How do you judge a blog’Äôs crediblity?
- How is credibility determined towards blogs? Do you think blogs will ever gain the credentials to be a threat towards other media?
- Does society have confidence in these Blogs that all information is credible?
- How has such technologies as blogs and pod casts changed society, for better or worse?
- Blogging is proven to have political power. How did blogging journalism influence the last election?
- How do you find that the Internet has shifted your views, perceptions on the television or newspapers? Are you less trusting? More trusting?
- How do you think television or newspapers could adjust to being more similar to the Internet as a more open form of communication? Do you think this should be something that is attempted?
- Do you think that advertising on pod casts is necessary?
- Are blogs generally free? or are some companies charging to use blogs?
- As of now, it is not yet possible to determine if people who have downloaded a Podcast actually listen to it. If this information is attainable in the future, what are some of its implications on other established media?
- What kind of advertisers will Pod Casts and Blogs target in the future?
- What kind of audiences are targeted with the use of Podcasts? Why not just stick with the regular radio?
- With podcasts as being the newest form of blogger technology, what are your thoughts on the next popular version of blogger technology?
- How many people download podcasts each day?
- Is there any agency, group, or company that monitors information from blogs that reaches the established media?
- Why do NPR podcast project prefer to try out new content and explore new areas on Podcast in stead of putting them on air? They said that they don't have the space to do over the air. But behind this reason, is there any benefits to treat Podcast as a Lab? Why?
- Jake Shapiro, executive director of PRX, told me that podcasting might bring a new generation of talent into public radio. Do you think it's an over-optimisitic statement? Do you think a "talent" of the new generation will prefer to get on the Podcast station or the traditional arena?
- Do any of you subscribe to any podcasts? if so what are they?
- Have any of you read a blog that enlightened you so much you took action?
- Will the government and military allow people to blog about issues of national security?
- What factors make a blogger more or less credible as a source of information?
- In what ways can mainstream media utilize blogging technology effectively?
- How do liability laws affect bloggers?
- According to the NPR article, "Podcasting gave NPR a new model for selling underwriting, and sharing the proceeds with stations", do you stand behind their new plan? Or is it just TOO much?
- Thomas believes that "shorter content has been more popular, perhaps because people listening to podcasts are multitasking and don't have the attention for long-form content." Do you believe this is true, or would they have more success if they had more long podcasts?
- When discussing the challenges that are to arise with podcasting, "anyone who sells advertising usually has to have metrics on the audience: who is listening, how often do they listen, what's the demographic of listeners. These remain a mystery for podcasts, because there is no current way to track who actually listens to podcasts." Can you think of any way that this could become possible? Or what other solutions would you have for NPR for them to still make money off of advertisers?