Before reading these articles I actually did think blogging could replace real news. I thought that because in this day in age a lot of people turn to social media for information before actually turning on the news or searching a real news site such as Pix11 or News 12. I know that when somebody tells me about news that I never heard of before the first thing I do is either hashtag the subject on twitter to see if that is what everyone is talking about or I go straight to Instagram to find the popular blog pages to see if they reported on it.
After reading the article I don’t know what to think. My mind slightly changed, because in the article they bring up a lot of good points about why blogging can’t replace real news. Some of the points that they gave were that bloggers don’t produce news stories on their own, they comment on what is already out there. Whereas professional journalist actually go out to the communities that they cover. They also say that bloggers giving out their opinion won’t satisfy the public hunger for factual information. I never really thought about the people that don’t have social media or even the older people who don’t know how to use social media. For some people the only way they get information about what is going on in the world is by turning on the TV or radio. So maybe blogging really can’t replace real news. One thing for sure is blogging is definitely becoming more popular.
Another very interesting thing that was mentioned is the word ‘microblogging” prior to reading the article “Why we Twitter” I have never heard of that word. I actually do have a twitter, but I never knew that me just tweeting a few tweets every day would be considered microblogging. Microblogging is a little more convenient because it fulfills a need for an even faster mode of communication. Although microblogging is pretty popular, I know for sure that bloggers have a better chance at replacing journalist than micro bloggers do.
