Weblogs, Pamphlets and Public Citizens
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Thu, 2006-05-04 00:41.
From Tom Bridge: Weblogs, Pamphlets and Public Citizens: Changing Modern Media
The following was authored as part of my Master’s program at Virginia Tech in Science and Technology Studies. Specifically, it was authored for STS-6234: History and Culture of Communications taught by Dr. Janet Abbate at the Northern Virginia Campus….
Over the last few years, weblogs have developed a unique role in the mediasphere as both errata and appendix. Blogs are correcting journalists, they’re covering stories that are ignored by modern media and making them part of the media matrix. This process is crucial because it’s changing the way that mass media is covering stories and handling their business.
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