New Forms of Media Publishing

The constant development of technology provides advancements to media publications. Blogs are the latest craze in most parts of the world. Although there have been speculations about the life span of blogs, Silkstone (2007) says “Blogging might not be dying, but it is always morphing into new forms”.

Photojournalism is an increasing profession in which images are made part of the news. It is coming under attack however, due to the various issues connected to it. Evasion of privacy, photo manipulation and stereotyping are but a few of these. An example of photo manipulation is that of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan which was published in the New York Newsday. The photo was edited to seem scandalous and nearly caused them both the 1994 Winter Olympics Game (Lester, 2005).

YouTube Site

YouTube is a compilation of videos and movies made available to everybody. This site is important as it enable people to comment on videos, upload news videos and view videos and movies for free. Copyright infringement and unethical videos have been connected
to this site however. Jason (2007) explains that although appearing otherwise, YouTube is very useful. It allows politicians a free haven to campaign to the You Tube site mass audience. Audiences are also able to gain insight to these politicians’ agendas.

Google Spam Blocker Logo

Splogs or spam blogs are the “latest ways for spammers to manipulate the blogosphere for profit” (Lee, 2005). The number of splogs is steadily increasing causing problems to bloggers. The reputation of blogs will be tarnished with the evidence of spamming. Another problem is that splogs are making it harder for users to search for information they desire as the search terms become “infested with these splogs” (Lee, 2005).

To survive in this era, new media will become a part of most people’s lives. It is becoming all about reaching out and creating communities and connections (Barone, 2007).

Reference List:

1. Barone, L 2007, The Future of New Media Publishing Tools, BRUCE CLAY INC, viewed 30 April 2008, <http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2007/11/the_future_of_n.html>.

2. Jason 2007, Two Reasons Why the Viacom-YouTube Debate is Important, viewed 1st May 2008, <http://www.unsoughtinput.com/index.php/2007/03/23/two-reasons-why-the-viacom-youtube-debate-is-important/>.

3. Lee, N 2005, How to Fight Those Surging Splogs, WIRED, viewed 29 April 2008, <http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/10/69380>.

4. Lester, M.P 1995, Photojournalism Ethics Timesless Issues, Fullerton, viewed 30 April 2008, <http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/photoethics.html>.

5. Silkstone, D 2007, The blogs that ate cyberspace, THE AGE, viewed 29 April 2008, <http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/here-to-stay/2007/04/06/1175366469530.html?page=6>.