2. Blogs The introduction of blogs has reconstructed traditional media and news reporting, despite dissent from some journalists.
3. What makes a blog? A “Web log” maintained by one person or a group Typically, multiple daily postings about events or issues, including links to other news stories or blogs Subject matter & bloggers run the gamut from politics to food to motherhood. Bloggers vary in their credibility
4. Blog Revolution “Blogs have permanently and profoundly redefined the relationship between the individual and the masses. Raising the possibility of a future without corporate media.” -- “The Blog Revolution and How it Changed the World”
5. How has blogging changed the world? Put mass media on notice: Readers will not consume without question Calls attention to stories that may not have made mainstream media Creates cultural forces Does it really present the possibility of a future without corporate media? The Swamp ChicagoNOW
6. Blogosphere=Untamed West Bloggers “are the publishing cowboys of the media frontier” and “mavericks who fail to think before they write.” Unlike journalists, there is no ethics code to work by, or any other rules, for that matter.
