Blogs’ offer the world a fresh view – Asia Tsunami – www.smh.com.au
This article is yet another piece of evidence that we’re living in the nascent post-media world. I was at a television station’s studio Wednesday, and a producer I was talking with cited extreme frustration that bloggers had tsunami video for hours before the network news stations were able to get ahold of it. In the news world, hours are equal to eternity – several times over. Several hours equates to a few news cycles in this fast-moving world.
The other great change wrought by the bloggers is the longevity of this news story. I was talking with a mass communications expert yesterday who expressed great surprise at Gallup Polls indicating that Americans care much more about the Tsunami than they usually do about a disaster overseas, even a mass-scale disaster. I think mainstream media outlets are being forced to compete with bloggers for viewer/surfers. Matt Drudge and his movement have the mainstream press running scared and the little man’s voice is colluding with the big press’s voice to set the media agenda of necessity. What a world we live in. What a state/rate of change for that world.
– Andrew
Some interesting thoughts. I’m a frequent visitor to Drudge’s website and have been amazed with the work that he does. If you want news before it hits the mainstream media, then check his site out–www.drudgereport.com.
Good to see your blog, Shinns! Keep posting! 🙂