Response to ‘New tools for reporting’ – WEEK 6

First, some breaking news: Fairfax has just announced they will be cutting 550 jobs, with about a third of these being in editorial.

The reading identifies the number of different ways that people, not only journalists, can impart information to the public, mainly using the medium of the internet.

With all the varied ways that already exist, it begs the question: how many more ways will people come up with in the future, and is technology never-ending?

It seems that one thing will remain constant – that new ways of communication will continue to be determined by the technology we already have or ‘old media’ as it is sometimes called.

We only need to look to blogs and video blogs to see how mobile phone technology has affected the way we put information onto, and gather information from, the web. Without the already established technology of the mobile, video blogs and related technologies would not be possible.

With such a plethora of information now available, the problem of evaluating validity information arises. This problem will only continue to grow as more people move online and create information resources.

Check out the ICT in Libraries website for an extensive look at evaluating information on the internet. http://www.ictl.org.uk/U1O3CG/page_02.htm

~ by cjmcdo18 on August 31, 2008.