Comments on: Television vs Web 2.0 http://trustmojo.com/2006/07/30/television-vs-web-20/ People, Profiles & Trust Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:53:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: eric http://trustmojo.com/2006/07/30/television-vs-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-51 eric Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:29:06 +0000 http://trustmojo.com/2006/07/30/television-vs-web-20/#comment-51 the issue with newspapers is that despite what we may feel about how simple it is or would/will be for them to migrate online and incorporate video/podcasts as well as collaborative, open source citizen journalism, the fact remains that much of the print MSM--at least in the U.S.--has a difficult time not only appropriately integrating multi/new media concepts into their work, but also accepting what bloggers on the whole are really after: personal expression. we often hear newspaper-oriented journalists express that politically-oriented bloggers want to "take over" journalism, which is simply not the case. incidents like the cbs/dan rather scandal (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35531-2004Sep20.html) merely suggest that bloggers have an uncanny ability to help the MSM uncover facts that otherwise may have gone unnoticed or improperly reported. this kind of collaborative effort to report and search for ultimate truth suggests that it's not bloggers in general that should or shouldn't be trusted OR the MSM either. the smart newspapers will find a way to crowdsource their reporting and open up the process to bloggers; and ultimately i do agree that whatever kind of trust is built between the establishment and the bloggers will create a system capable of far greater reporting than previously possible. but again, newspapers aren't ready and seemingly have a hard time trusting that amatuers can actually play a part in helping the journalistic process. the issue with newspapers is that despite what we may feel about how simple it is or would/will be for them to migrate online and incorporate video/podcasts as well as collaborative, open source citizen journalism, the fact remains that much of the print MSM–at least in the U.S.–has a difficult time not only appropriately integrating multi/new media concepts into their work, but also accepting what bloggers on the whole are really after: personal expression. we often hear newspaper-oriented journalists express that politically-oriented bloggers want to “take over” journalism, which is simply not the case. incidents like the cbs/dan rather scandal (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35531-2004Sep20.html) merely suggest that bloggers have an uncanny ability to help the MSM uncover facts that otherwise may have gone unnoticed or improperly reported. this kind of collaborative effort to report and search for ultimate truth suggests that it’s not bloggers in general that should or shouldn’t be trusted OR the MSM either. the smart newspapers will find a way to crowdsource their reporting and open up the process to bloggers; and ultimately i do agree that whatever kind of trust is built between the establishment and the bloggers will create a system capable of far greater reporting than previously possible. but again, newspapers aren’t ready and seemingly have a hard time trusting that amatuers can actually play a part in helping the journalistic process.

]]> By: eric http://trustmojo.com/2006/07/30/television-vs-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-50 eric Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:39:29 +0000 http://trustmojo.com/2006/07/30/television-vs-web-20/#comment-50 Definitely. According to <a href="http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/05/08/media/bloggers-not-trusted/" rel="nofollow">This survey</a> bloggers are the least trustworthy... But of course, i wouldn't trust the individual blogger either. That's also the wrong question to ask. It's the whole ecosystem of bloggers with the right institutions and communities in place that makes 'the internet' trustworthy today. Definitely. According to This survey bloggers are the least trustworthy… But of course, i wouldn’t trust the individual blogger either. That’s also the wrong question to ask. It’s the whole ecosystem of bloggers with the right institutions and communities in place that makes ‘the internet’ trustworthy today.

]]> By: azeem http://trustmojo.com/2006/07/30/television-vs-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-49 azeem Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:20:42 +0000 http://trustmojo.com/2006/07/30/television-vs-web-20/#comment-49 Hi Eric, Nice to see the new website up and running. We should talk, if you drop me a mail. On this another datapoint for you is that Forrester research (Social computing, Feb 2006) also backs the decline in trust of the TV from 52%in 2002 to 42% in 2004, a 10% decline in two years and well before the real growth of the blogosphere. Televisions biggest value for news is that it is a cheap way to stream live events and most of us have our biggest screens configured as TVs. That'll change. aa Hi Eric,
Nice to see the new website up and running. We should talk, if you drop me a mail.

On this another datapoint for you is that Forrester research (Social computing, Feb 2006) also backs the decline in trust of the TV from 52%in 2002 to 42% in 2004, a 10% decline in two years and well before the real growth of the blogosphere.

Televisions biggest value for news is that it is a cheap way to stream live events and most of us have our biggest screens configured as TVs. That’ll change.

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