1. What does Glenn Reynolds (allegedly) put in blenders? What does he (allegedly) make of the resulting concoction?I urge you to read each other's posts and say something different ... agree or disagree with each other (as long as you don't flame anybody), but think for yourself.
2. What does that have to do with the topic of his paper?
3. How do the standards regarding defamation that are evolving for the blogosphere differ from those of print journalism? Why? Do you think that's appropriate? Why (or why not)?
4. What are the ethical standards of the blogosphere? How do they compare to the SPJ canons of ethics for print and broadcast journalists? How are they the same? How are they different?
5. What can you take from these different standards to use in your own writing? Be specific, and explain why you say what you say.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
COMM 317: Libel, ethics on the blogosphere
Some of these questions are easier than others. All of them are based on your reading assignment for tonight. Answer them all as comments to this blog post:
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1. Glenn Reynolds (allegedly) puts puppies in blenders to make a refreshing energy drink.
2. The topic of this paper deals with libel in the blogosphere and how it can be difficult to take legal action against bloggers. Reynolds made the point in his essay that the blog culture frowns upon libel suits. It would almost be unethical for Reynolds to attempt to sue over someone accusing of putting puppies in a blender.
3. The standards regarding defamation in the blogosphere are to correct the mistake as soon as possible. Also, blogs (and the Internet in general) allow for rebuttal, something that might not be readily available through other forms of media. Blogs also tend to be regarded not as a stopping point for information, but rather a stopping point, whereas newspapers are seen as fact.
I do believe that that is appropiate. In this day and age, it would be very easy to write a rebuttal (and for people to find said rebuttal) than it would be to go to the courts.
4. The major ethical standard of the blogosphere is to make sure to correct your mistakes as quickly as possible. The SPJ says the same thing. With blogs, however, it is possible to publish your correction in the same post as the error. With newspapers, a correction would not appear until the next day. Even then, it would appear in a small corner. Both of these factors lead mean that many less people would see the correction.
5. These standards are very important. Even though, as mentioned earlier, blogs are not typically the end all be all of information, it does not mean that one can slack on their writing. Just because it is easy to publish a correction (or easy to to write in your own defense after being defamed), one must still take pride in their work.
1.He allegedly put puppies in blenders to make a refreshing energy drink.
2.He is basically saying that internet blogging will have errors but overall you will find truth. He is using this as an example of how although some things were said about him that were untrue, he still believes in blogging.
3. Blogging is treated differently then print writing because most people expect for it to be somewhat erroneous. I think that is very understandable because most bloggers are not in fact true journalists so I wouldnt really expect them to thoroughly research before blogging. That would be ridiculous. No one is free from error so everybody makes mistakes.
4.The ethical standards of blogging is to try to post truthful information and to back it up with other links as much as possible. If mistakes are found they are generally corrected in a timely manner as opposed to print which takes a whole day to post errors, only in an error section of the paper. Newspapers are expected to print the truth and most people who read them believe that the articles printed were researched, and therefore true. This is not the same in blogging were most people assume that some information will be wrong.
5. Truth is an important element in any journalistic (type) work including blogging, and in seeking the truth proper research is essential.
1. Glenn Renyolds allegedly blended puppies in an energy drink.
2. The main idea of the story is that many non-factual statements can be written and published on the internet without much repurcussion. This being said, a reader must be able to identify a credible source for where they receive their information to find the truth. A single remark of false informtion on the internet usually does not affect a person's reputation.
3. When using a blog, the best idea is to correct the wrong information as soon as it is found. Blogs tend to have information tied with opinions so that the opinions are reinforced by the facts. Blogs are used by several different people, so different and same views are often found together. Print journalism makes a much larger problem when it comes to defamation because one can not change the information or talk back about the topic, yet everyone can still read it. This being said, I believe a rebuttal would be much easier to use rather than oing to court over the matter.
4. The standard of blogging should be to back up your facts and opinions by links to other credible websites which back up what you write. If a mistake is found, you should correct the information along with providing your sources for finding the mistakes. With print media, it takes a long time to bring up and change the mistakes, while the internet blogs are able to be changed at any moment.
5. I take away the main elemant of any type of reporting should be truth and proof. One must be able to present facts with credible sources which will confirm what they have written. Some people don't worry about the repurcussions(sp?) of what they write. The good writers and journalists are the ones who break the best news and are right much more than they are ever wrong.
1. Glenn Reynolds allegedly puts puppies in blenders to make a refreshing energy drink.
2. It's a fact that people do post untrue statements about others in the blogosphere. However, one or two false statements about someone or something will not ruin their reputation.
3. The simple action of correcting a false statement in a blog is an easy answer. This works in the blogosphere because the information is readily available to revise, where as, a printed media is a finished product. Once the printed copies are published and distributed, there is no way to revise false statements that might be included, unless you publish a correction which wouldn't be printed until the next news cyle in the next day's paper.
4. The ethical standard of blogging is to correct your errors as soon as you catch them. If you make an error when writing for the newspaper, you cannot post your corrections until the next day, and when you do, it will only be seen in the small correction section of the paper. When blogging, you can catch the error and fix it immediately which is a nice benefit.
5. I think research is the best solution to error. Whether writing in the bogosphere or for the newspaper, if one thoroughly researches their topic, they should be able to post it with confidence, knowing they have the appropriate sources to back up what they posted or published.
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