Journalists and bloggers.

I want to contuniu the topic of weblogs and I find some interest facts about it. As we know "weblog" is the man who has the own page in the Internet and everyone are available to past comments and leave their own opinion. The total quantity of private diaries is comming to 5 million and new blog is creating every 5-8 second. A lot of blogs are devoted to culture, music, hobbies, animals and so on. But this month in Almaty a lot of bloggers came to sreak about developing of civic journalism and new ways to solve problems about freedom of speech.

One Iranian journalist give example of one case. "During strike of the drivers of the buses, the Mass media didn't cover this story. The newspapers and Television just ignore this case, while bloggers count up that it is very important thing ans left a lot of comment and article about this. Because of them the problem of drivers receive publicity and finally journalist were have to cover this story."

Another example were shared by Isaak Mao, who is one of the father of blogging in China. He told the story, where the police have to react to the message of bloggers. "In one Chinese town policemen beat unmercifully one student because they thought that he is tramp. He just was going on the street and searching for the work, when police run for him. He was damaged and died. " No one of media didn't tell about this case, however during one month more than 3 million of bloggers reacy on this case. Government had to react to this event and published special decree that prohibit to beat tramps.

There are a lot of cases like those in Kazakhstan, but unfortunately only few people have weblogs and may be afraid to write those events. And as on this conference where told that don't be afraid blogs and just use it to inform people and develop freedom. The bloggers are very strong power and I think that it will help to developing journalism and particulary freedom of speech, in all over the world and of course in Kazakhstan.

References:

1. www.presscenter.kz
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/sci/tech/newsid_1644000/1644071.stm

This is my adress in bloglines:
http://www.bloglines.com/blog/Aizhan

Proporsal

Our team will do final project on Weblogs, PR and Ethics in PR. And Im going to write about particular region, where weblogs are just developing, and exactly about our country - Kazakhstan.

The weblogs are not popular among society and as survey shows only 2 % of respondance know what is weblog and how to create it.

The most popular weblog in Kazakhstan is neweurasia - is the community of weblogs, where not only talanted young people from Central Asia and Kavkaz, and their coevals from over the world can publish articals, share their opinion and so on.

The goal of neweurasia - to have big audience and users, but the main reason to gather young people, to give them an opportunity to publish opinions which happenes in Central Asia.
The author are able to speak on english, german, french, russia, uzbek, kazakh, china and many other languages. This aspect is find it's influence on this weblog, which publishing only on english, russia and uzbek languages.

References:

1) http://ru.kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/?page_id=2
2)http://pressing.wordpress.com/
3)http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/10/05/voices-from-kazakhstan-5/#more-15958

Weblogs changes the world.

Weblogs has already play the importnat role and became the part of Mass Media. Only in Technorati there are 50 million blogs and evetyday this number is increasing.Some of searching blogs (blogstats.de, daypop.com) temporarily were closed because they are not able to cope with a task and service all people.

Censorship in Internet is the international problem

I have read one article of Julien Pen, who is from organization of "reports without limit". He considered this point not optimisricly. As he considered 5 yaers ago the worst situation on freedom of speech were in Asia (China and Vietnam). But nowadays the censorship in Internet became the sharpest problem. In the future, as he told, a lot of dictators and governments will be trying to control and influence on Internet.

And the main role of Weblogs in mass media is that it gives chance and opportunity to speak, because they have not another chance to express an opinion. And the weblogs dive opportunity to people who live in countries in which it is very dangerous to share with thier views. And at the end Pen told: "I believe that the weblogs all over the world will change mass media."

What is news?

At the lesson of International Journalism we touched one topic that forced me to think about what will the "news" and is only all new and fresh things will be "news?".
So, everyday we face to some happenes in schools, universities, works, may be in transport, at streets, and will be it interesting to all people. Ofcourse you will come to home and tell about everything to relatives, or phone to friends, but it will be interesting only for them. How about fact that you read in The Internet; looking at the title, you will choose whether it attracts you or not.
One day, while going to home, I was the witness of unpleasant situation. The bus was full of people and at the beging there was two girls who were sitting. Few minutes later the aged women entered into transport. No one give place to her and she began to curse plus use bad language, at this time girls sat as nothing was happened. Women didn't stop and offend and insult them, even when girls leave the bus she hitted them, and little battle began.
So this story is fresh, but happend everyday, and if it will be published in the newspaper, nobody will be read it, as about accident on the road.
Journalists everyday faced to problem where find news. And it very hard to choose will be it readble and interesting.
And how about new that was in the past and should we returned to it again. The bright examle is terract in US, this year where 5 anniversary and I published some article in me blog. People in differrent way considered this story. 5 years ago everything where differ than nowadays. For example attitude to Arabian coumtries, to president of USA and so on. So in different situations we should come back to past events.
Another topic is differnent spheres of live. Some people like sport, others politics.... So there different types of journalists. Not in every newspaper will be written about entertainments or fashion. May be I'm not right, but in this types of newspapers or journals much more easier to find news, and decide whether it news or not.
Every person have own opinion and I can't tell about is there truth and right answer, but our lives is news and we can make it interesting with many adventures. So take care and be happyyyyy