Bloggers is as similar as journalists where their sole purpose is to communicate. However, the writings are treated differently. Bloggers may freely express their feelings, judgement, and opinion while journalists are highly burdened with authority guidelines, ethics, and laws. I believe that it was all started when the society had enough of the conventional journalism that is heavily influenced by politics. That is when people start to look for alternative sources of information and it so happens that the internet comes into use. These days, some bloggers are even more influential than the conventional journalists regardless of their background and credibility on the subject matter. There are many cases where bloggers claimed they should be protected under journalism law after being sued. It is simple to say that, they shall be protected as long as they assume responsibility of their writings and that includes proper research and investigation to avoid inaccuracy which could cost a lot of money. The intellectuality of journalism should be protected. As much as bloggers want to believe that they are journalists, they have a lot more to learn, especially ethics of writing and way of working.
NURUL SYAHIRAH MAAROF
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2 comments:
I agree with you that journalists have to follow certain guidelines, ethics and law while bloggers can express their feelings, judgement and opinions freely.
Leong Lai Yee
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yes i totally agree.a bloggers can express their works without any limitation but in correct way then the journalist has burden with authority guidelines
ANUSHA GENGAIAH
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