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Quoting a Slate article and a Gallup poll [$], Washington Post says there are around 30 million blogs worldwide. The problem is that only 9 % of those polled said they read blogs regularly and 66 % said they never read blogs. So the myth around bloggers as lonely creators who read each others’ posts is still valid.
The article also implies that we tend to adopt technology innovations quicker than a few decades ago. Frank Ahrens gives the example of DVDs: „DVD players hit the 20 million mark in sales in one-third the time it took VCR players to reach the same penetration.”
The rest of the article is not so interesting. I have noticed that American media tend to state the same ideas over and over again when covering the blogs’ phenomenon: the young age of bloggers, the diary side of the blog, blogs as alternative media, teenagers who expose themselves online etc.
By the way, comments to the article can only be sent directly to the author by e-mail. That’s more civilized than opening the comment option to all frustrated readers as it happens in the online Romanian media.
interesting choice of words… faptul ca poti sa comenta doar trimitand un e-mail autorului este un pas in urma fata de interactivitatea pe care washingtonpost.com si-o doreste. In curand vor deschide forumuri pentru articole, unde evident toti „frustratii” isi pot da cu parerea. Evident aceasta parere este protejata de libertatea de expresie, cu exceptia cazului in acre sunt profanitati, instigare la ura etc. Washingtonpost.com a fost foarte criticat cand a decis sa inchida comentariile la unul din bloguri, pentru ca a fost considerat cenzura. In fine acum exista o mica industrie de solutii pentru moderarea si filtrarea comentariilor.
iar chestiile redundate pe care le spun media americane despre bloguri vine de la obsesia pentru bloguri si acceptia generala ca daca esti neinformat nu e problema ta, e problema ziaristului sa te informeze dandu-ti informatia asta despre ce se stie pana acum, genul care e fondul problemei :)
and yes we worship the washingtonpost.com ocassionally ;)
I don’t know, I think there is a different reason. Adica daca luam felul cum sunt facute manualele – doua trei explicatii, quick review, inca ceva explicatii, un quick review si un mic quiz, restul de explicatii, summary, key terms etc. Poate ca au nevoie sa se spuna lucrurile mai des ca sa le inteleaga.
As for the limited number of ideas, I am not going to comment, as I am so pleased to always have great ideas at this point :D
Ruxi, oare nu vorbim despre Washington Post care uitase acum doi ani sa-si plateasca ISP-ul si jurnalistii nu-si mai puteau accesa conturile de e-mail?
Astept ca fiecare jurnalist american sa spuna aceleasi lucruri despre bloguri si pe urma sa incepem sa aflam lucruri noi…
And do you start worshiping the NY Times?
Alina, deci functia educativa a presei in SUA chiar e la putere!
I didn’t get this: „As for the limited number of ideas, I am not going to comment, as I am so pleased to always have great ideas at this point :D”
Most US people I know don’t really have ideas…or don’t want to have more ideas than asked of them. So if someone else has an acceptable idea, they will use that one instead of thinking of a new one…I don’t know if it is beacause they cannot think of something original or because they value their time more.