1. Mixed Media Culture (redux) J. Richard Stevens

2. What is a “blog”? Technical perspective Social perspective Political perspective

3. Warblogs and Weblogs History of blog popularity – 2003 Iraqi Al Soldiers in Iraq Hundreds of thousands of blogs currently exist www.wibsite.com/wiblog/dull/ The war on terrorism has caused an increase in the popularity of political blogs Chris Albritton’s foray into Iraq Examples Back to Iraq 3.0 The Agonist Wikipedia

4. “Mixed Media Culture” Sources gaining power over journalists Decline of gatekeeping function The news of the day as it reaches the newspaper office is an incredible medley of fact, propaganda, rumor suspicion, clues, hopes, and fears, and the task of selecting and ordering that news is one of the truly sacred and priestly offices in a democracy. - Walter Lippmann, Liberty and the News, 1920 Reporting culture is being overrun by argument culture http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/01 /12/pn.teacher.accused.rape.cnn http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/01 /12/pn.teacher.accused.rape.cnn

5. New Producers Rise of blogs, YouTube, Discussion forums, Social Networking New forms of creation New forms of dissemination Amateurs in the media sphere new relationships

6. Professional Codes of 1920s Walter Williams, “The Journalist’s Creed,” 1914 American Society of Newspaper Editors, Canon of Ethics, 1923 The Society of Professional Journalists, 1926 The professional debate

7. The 1999 Bonfire Collapse

8. Austin360 coverage

9. Blogger-led scandals 2003 – Trent Lott (R-Miss) 2004 – Dan Rather, CBS 2004 - Washingtonette 2005 – Eason Jordan, CNN

10. Amateur Journalism? Knights for Free Water http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5818109257 Bright House stadium debut Big event, tons of media coverage No water fountains Bottled water sold out, concessions sold $3 for a cup of tap water Several fans went to hospital for dehydration/heat exhaustion 2 students started a Facebook group from the stands 2 days later, 10 drinking fountains announced with 40 more to come

11. Weblogging and Journalism Weblogging is not synonymous with journalism Like journalism of the 19th Century, blogging will need a compelling reason to adopt ethical/professional standards. Blogging fills an important niche between consumers and professional media. Those bloggers who desire a heightened level of credibility can learn from the examples of professional journalism outlets.

12. Weblogging for Journalists? Can journalists be bloggers? Is the journalist acting as a journalist when he or she blogs? Is the journalist’s media organization responsible for what he or she writes?

13. OhMyNews.com 2000 site launch "Every Citizen is a Reporter" http://english.ohmynews.com/index.asp New models, effects, problems

14. New Blends

15. The Results The world of content creators and distributors is now more democratic Audiences, even though fragmented, are better known to those who produce and distribute content Media literate people are positioned to best decide how to benefit from their potential and limit their peril

16. Social Networking 72% of Americans (72% of Internet users) belong to a social networking platform average age increased from 33 to 38 in 2011 half SNS users are over 35 70% of men, 74% of women are SNS users 92% of SNS users are on Facebook 29% use MySpace (2011, and falling) 18% use LinkedIn (2011, and growing) 13% use Twitter (2011, and growing)