New New Media 6-10

New New Media 6-10

In these chapters, Levinson begins by distinguishing the reason why blogging is very different from many other forms of journalism. With the modern age, there seems to be a limit to what people should publish in their articles, but blogging is not one of them. Blogging is where journalists have been allowed dot go as wild as they can get.  A person may just see blogging to be as any other social media out there but is in no way the case. They have many similarities but the freedom that many bloggers have is what sets them apart.

The media would be nothing if it were not for freedom of speech. If in any case, many countries have seen much success because of what social media can do. In war torn countries, many people communicate through the use of social media. Blogs have also allowed people to tell people what is truly happening in the world we are living without any red tape. A common scenario of where there is no freedom is in the Wall Street where in many incidents journalists have been arrested after being physically harassed by the police. They were not in any way allowed to express their free thoughts.

There is no denial that the new media such as Facebook and twitter in collaboration with blogging have changed the journalism world. People can sit from the comfort of their desktop and say what is right to the public. However, there are many instances of cyber bullying in which bloggers get to spread lies about celebrities, a thought which Sarah Palin shares on page 111. Apart from a few exceptions, blogging is the perfect new media.