Blogs: Opinion Only?

This excerpt tells us all the benefits that come with blogs. As we can see here: “Every sport, every war, every hurricane brings out a crop of bloggers, who often outdo the mainstream media in timeliness, geographic reach, insider information, and obsessive detail.” [1] This mainstream media includes newspapers, television and all that used to inform people before the blog started to appear.

This phenomenon could be related to the fact that the web now has more content, from videos to blogs which relate to everything imaginable. Also, blogs with detailed news about an event are updated shortly after this is happened. The faster update of information makes it ideal if you don’t wish to wait for the time the news is on TV. This ability to access information whenever you want gives you a freedom which none of the other means of communication gives you. Because of this it is very probable that the means by which we communicate will eventually find a way to merge with the internet allowing us to see what we want when we want it but at a cost.

Although most of these informative pages are free like blogs the main problem with this constantly updated information is the source. It is true that newspapers and T.V broadcasts aren’t always reliable but the probability of it being fake is less than that of a random person who wishes to make himself known worldwide. Thanks to this lack of reassurance about the truthfulness of the information the brands we are used to seeing in our news will most likely continue to be there only changed by the internet. We can already see this trend happening “Every self-respecting newspaper and magazine has some reporters and critics blogging, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker.“ [1] Because of the reputation of being truthful that these corporations have obtained they will continue to be the ones that regulate the news defining which news is true and which false.

Even though this is a great way of communication which brings people who have a computer closer to each other there is now way to be entirely sure of what happened unless you are involved in the event that has happened. Blogs are a good idea of informing people but due to its lack of insurance of its information being correct is should only remain as a way to communicate opinions.