People rely so much on traditional and even cyber media. Without traditional television or internet media, the public would probably be lost because that is where basic news comes from. The traditional media is also much quicker to broadcast news and footage than individual people filming news events. The quality of the footage is also much better with traditional media because of the high quality equipment used. The use of cyber media is increasing, but it is obvious traditional media is still the first choice in finding out information quickly.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Citizen Journalism vs. Traditional Media
Citizen journalism falls into a broad spectrum of meanings. Citizen journalism consists of unedited, live footage and information. Some people feel citizen journalism is too real and unedited for the public view. The footage is usually filmed with less than average equipment, creating the film to be shaky or blurry; the sound quality is usually not good either.
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I totally agree with you, nothing beats traditional media. While citizen journalism has its advantages, traditional news is more accurate. I think you brought up a great point about the quality of traditional media as well. A lot of the footage from citizen journalists are taken on camera phones, so the footage won't always be very clear. Although citizen journalism has the advantage of catching live events on film, I don't ever think it will replace traditional media.
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