tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513616792028141844.post6103864266432871614..comments2023-04-14T06:11:34.177-04:00Comments on Connecting 2 the World: The advantages (and disadvantages) of live webcastsV Yonkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513616792028141844.post-79327468807696134582009-01-30T01:37:00.000-05:002009-01-30T01:37:00.000-05:00Kia ora Virginia"(T)hey are human beings and as su...Kia ora Virginia<BR/><BR/>"(T)hey are human beings and as such will always have a bias based on their own experience, previous knowledge, and values."<BR/><BR/>I believe that this is so much a summary of the individual.<BR/><BR/>If it wasn't like this, if it was that we all saw things the same way, that our beliefs were so paralleled that we drew the same inferences and made the same surmises from every similar observation, we would not be individuals.<BR/><BR/>To teach us to be individuals is also to uphold the right to have an opinion that's different from the next person. Journalists have. Authors have. Bloggers have. But the reputation of the journalist, the author, the blogger, is associated with the opinion that's put up for scrutiny.<BR/><BR/>I have a diary at home. I don't publish it. It contains my (devout) opinion of all sorts of things. But it is not under scrutiny and there is no way that, as long as it stays in my possession, it will ever have any function in the assessment, by others, of my opinion.<BR/><BR/>When I blog, on the other hand, I am aware that the world - literally - is at large to scrutinise my writing, whether in a comment against another blogger's post or in one of my own blog posts.<BR/><BR/>There are some bloggers that, in some circles, are held up and appraised in the same way as the journalists. But there are some bloggers that write in a way that would not curry favour with the critical reader. They have their own following. But in the wide scheme of things, and because they also tend to be so numerous, they tend to tinge the public opinion of the worth of what's written by bloggers. The opinion that the world has of bloggers is not looked upon too highly because of this.<BR/><BR/>But these bloggers are not like the journalists who might otherwise not have their writing published - unless these journalists publish their writing on their own blog. Then they become bloggers, not journalists :-)<BR/><BR/>Catchya later<BR/>from Middle-earthBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513616792028141844.post-10339836821352140992009-01-29T14:09:00.000-05:002009-01-29T14:09:00.000-05:00In a way, I guess I am saying that we need to educ...In a way, I guess I am saying that we need to educate people to go out and find as many perspectives as possible to get to the "truth". Many journalists have looked down at the blogging and social networking phenomenon as not being "legitimate." However, I believe that giving the general public the tools that used to me owned only by journalists is important in this new age. <BR/><BR/>Journalists are taught to gather information (including interviews, primary and secondary information, observation), analyze that information, then come to some conclusions that they will then need to communicate to the general public. However, though many try to be neutral, the fact is that they are human beings and as such will always have a bias based on their own experience, previous knowledge, and values. Isnt' this what we should be teaching everyone?V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513616792028141844.post-64458961156100061932009-01-29T04:24:00.000-05:002009-01-29T04:24:00.000-05:00Kia ora VirginiaThis is an intriguing perspective ...Kia ora Virginia<BR/><BR/>This is an intriguing perspective on freedom of speech. I appreciate what you are saying here.<BR/><BR/>In all fairness to whatever the occasion, there would be no 'fair' way to ensure that a speech, such as Obama's, would be listened to with pristeen clarity, no matter where the observer was located, whether a fly on the new President's lapel, a favoured onlooker in the crowd, an observer watching a direct video relay, or someone watching an edited replay 10 years from now.<BR/><BR/>So it is in any conversation, from any observer vantagepoint - there's always a slant that is given to the relay of communication that's dependent on position and circumstance of the observer.<BR/><BR/>Catchya later<BR/>from Middle-earthBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.com