tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post3868610173789944522..comments2024-01-31T00:09:10.070-05:00Comments on The Being Brand: Being a DittoheadJudith Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-16467136633921771942009-03-16T18:04:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:04:00.000-04:00Cool! Will do!Cool! Will do!Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-59705965407856916632009-03-16T17:57:00.000-04:002009-03-16T17:57:00.000-04:00Judith,There are two page indicators at the top of...Judith,<BR/><BR/>There are two page indicators at the top of the screen: choose the "about" button - and guess who!wmmbbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460859618464223462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-56773523146456831512009-03-16T13:36:00.000-04:002009-03-16T13:36:00.000-04:00Good point, Khaled, with regards to personal expre...Good point, Khaled, with regards to personal expression. But when has news become this? While personal expression always comes through, I have always thought of the news to be about presenting facts and allowing the readers to then have personal opinions.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps we have become to personal in the traditional media and maybe we should be leery about open sources. Maybe there is a need for both, open sources and the traditional media. But finding a way to do so for the latter is becoming very challenging. Newspaper stocks have been sliding for some time now. <BR/><BR/>I would hate to depend on opinions and not facts no matter who's writing or the medium through which they are expressed.Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-20425734261941902972009-03-16T13:20:00.000-04:002009-03-16T13:20:00.000-04:00Hi Judith,It is obvious that the electronic media ...Hi Judith,<BR/><BR/>It is obvious that the electronic media will take over the written one sooner or later. I like to read a newspaper but the problem now is the lack of interaction and communication between the journalist and the reader, which is well provided by the electronic media. I guess the newspaper has to challenge themselves and get out of the classic box of newspapers and magazines.<BR/>Blogging is becoming a solid part of open media but it still more about personnel expression than presenting facts. I guess that this would change as well over time.Khaled KEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056388277824598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-8752274148655144412009-03-16T12:52:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:52:00.000-04:00Hey, wmmbb! Yeah, I must! But I couldn't find it!...Hey, wmmbb! Yeah, I must! But I couldn't find it! You have done a good job at hiding it. I thought that I might readily see your likeness, but have clicked on a few posts and I can't find it! What up with that? :-)Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-46282839949121944232009-03-16T12:45:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:45:00.000-04:00wmmbb - You make a great point about blogs and the...wmmbb - You make a great point about blogs and the likes whose readers only often tune in for affirmation as opposed to variation or investigation. The point is well received.Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-35739868118068019522009-03-16T12:43:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:43:00.000-04:00William - Thank you for your very thoughtful words...William - Thank you for your very thoughtful words. It is also good to hear the perspective of young people just graduating college. I do believe that the media play a vital role in the way that Ms. Parker purported. The free press is aligned with a free society. Where the State owns the media, freedom is often inhibited. <BR/><BR/>Our problem has been the relevancy of the media and ego-driven columinists and pundits who speak with the voice of God, where a retraction has become all but non-existence. The media has become more than not a kind of sensational reality show. Sensationalism has always been a part of the media, but later generations may have taken it to another level altogether.Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-26138884870430233932009-03-16T12:41:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:41:00.000-04:00oops I meant "check".oops I meant "check".wmmbbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460859618464223462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-80003688603656804612009-03-16T12:40:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:40:00.000-04:00I see what you are saying William, but I think we ...I see what you are saying William, but I think we still need journalist, which is not guaranteed, but which newspapers made possible. <BR/><BR/>The more that newspapers and their house journalists embrace the new internet technology as a content platform, the more supported they will be by those people who write and read blogs, for example, who are their natural audience, not just their sternest critics.<BR/><BR/>Still even if I think their news is 24 hours old and their commentators predictable and uninformative, I still like the puzzles and the cartoons.<BR/><BR/>(By the way, Judith, following your goading I posted a likeness, although not a patch on your pleasant, smiling self. Chick it out in about - if you must.)wmmbbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460859618464223462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-17819853812940495522009-03-16T11:11:00.000-04:002009-03-16T11:11:00.000-04:00The newspaper began dying with open media. Why wat...The newspaper began dying with open media. Why watch or read something about the news when I can offer my opinion, ask for more information, or contribute facts? It just makes sense that I would want a real response and the ability to interact and learn more about a topic I am interested in. If I'm not, I'll probably treat that article like a newspaper or newscast, I'll just move on. <BR/><BR/>It's almost sad Parker's editor let this get published. It seems she wants sympathy readership. Blame them, feel sorry for me, read me. <BR/><BR/>The problem with newspaper draws back to mass customization we realize today. Why would we read articles we have no interest in, or watch something we have no interest in? It's like subjecting yourself to bad news, commercials, and bad programs. <BR/><BR/>I avoid both. It's funny, I barely read anymore, I just scan documents. I scan them for relevant information. If I find something relevant I may slow down read the paragraph. If it's really good I'll go to the beginning and give it the respect it earned. I believe a lot of my generation are beginning to read this way. Maybe that's why newspapers don't work, we can scan it so quick there's not enough relevant in our lives to make it worth our time, except the comics.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953825718994790947noreply@blogger.com