Are bloggers journalists? Why or why not? Bloggers have been responsible for breaking and carrying news stories that have resulted in senators losing their jobs and possibly changed the course of the last presidential election. Is that good or bad? Should bloggers have the same rights (to access events, interview, etc) and protections (not to have to reveal their sources) as newspaper and television reporters?<\/p>\n
In your answer, consider a few hypothetical scenarios based on real-world incidents:<\/p>\n
Scenario One: a reporter for a major newspaper reports, using anonymous sources, on a falsified government document. When the government agency attempts to force him to reveal his source, he refuses… and is protected by a “shield law” that he does not have to reveal those sources. A blogger breaks the exact same story at the exact same time. Should he receive the same protection? Would your answer change if you found out the blogger had been running a news and politics blog for years? What if she’d never posted a news story before but stumbled onto this one?<\/p>\n
Scenario Two: A blogger applies to receive press credentials so he can get into a political event. He is denied, because he’s “not a journalist,” even though many reporters are allowed in who have fewer readers than the blogger. Is that fair? Would it matter if, instead of news bloggers and newspaper reporters the same situation arose at a fashion show with a writer for a fashion magazine and a fashion blogger?<\/p>\n
After you make your reflection post, comment on at least one other student’s post.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/a>Has it ever occurred to you to wonder why people spend so much time contributing to sites and memes on the net such as Wikipedia, YouTube, Twitter, LOLCats, or any of the myriad communities discussed in the “Motive” section of the book? And why they do so for “free?” If not, do Shirky’s theories of opportunity make sense or not? What is the importance of the distinction between the question “Why do they do all that on YouTube” and the question “Why do they do all that on YouTube for free?” Do you agree or disagree with Shirky’s claims about the real difference between generations (such as Generation X and Y), and why?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n After you make your reflection post, comment on at least one other student’s post.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reflection (25 pts) Are bloggers journalists? Why or why not? Bloggers have been responsible for breaking and carrying news stories that have resulted in senators losing their jobs and possibly changed the course of the last presidential election. Is that good or bad? Should bloggers have the same rights (to access events, interview, etc) and… Continue reading Blogging and Journalism Assignments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostandpenny.com\/cits220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostandpenny.com\/cits220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostandpenny.com\/cits220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostandpenny.com\/cits220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostandpenny.com\/cits220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ghostandpenny.com\/cits220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379,"href":"https:\/\/ghostandpenny.com\/cits220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317\/revisions\/379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostandpenny.com\/cits220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nReflection: Cognitive Surplus (25 pts)<\/em><\/h3>\n