citizen journalism
Re:publica 08 #3 (Law)
One of the best panels My favorite panel at re:publica was Henning Krieg’s panel on law and blogging. At pretty much every other conference I missed out on Henning’s quite famous talks, and it was no surprise to find the room packed to the limits. Relaxed, informal and funny presentation, a lot of value for […]
Presentation: print is dead, at least to the young
The print vs online discussion is as old as the internet, and I can’t even recall how often I’ve heard that print is dead. However, it’s not quite as common to also deliver the necessary data to back up this statement. One person who really has the science pat down and can back up his […]
My Masters Thesis On Weblogs And Political Journalists: Now Available On Amazon
Exciting news (well, for me): My masters thesis on the Relevance of Weblogs for the Work of Political Journalists just went into print. (It’s German only, sorry, but you’ll find the abstract at the end of this post.)
The thesis is now available through amazon.de:
Author: Peter Bihr
Publisher: Vdm Verlag Dr. Müller (March 2008)
ISBN-10: 3836464292
ISBN-13: […]
CNN launches iReport, gets serious about Citizen Journalism?
CNN will launch a new Citizen Journalism portal, reports Mediaweek. Going by the name iReport, the project will be a portal for user-generated video news.
The CNN has been accepting photos and videos (called, in CNN speak, I-Reports) by their viewers since 2006. So the TV channel has a little bit of experience with user-generated […]
Thesis Key Findings: Political Bloggers Hardly Relevant in Germany
For my M.A. in Communications and Media Studies (Freie Universität Berlin) I did research on how political journalists in Germany use weblogs. The thesis is available in (German) full text here: “The Relevance Of Weblogs For The Work Of Political Journalists” (PDF, 1MB). (More info about the thesis here.)
As the masters thesis is available in […]
Die Bedeutung von Weblogs für die Arbeit von Politikjournalisten: Meine Magisterarbeit ist online
Gerade habe ich die Nachricht erhalten, dass meine Magisterarbeit bewertet wurde. Das heißt auch, dass ich sie jetzt online veröffentlichen darf. Für die Arbeit habe ich Politikjournalisten interviewt, die bei deutschen Tageszeitungen (Print und Online) sowie bei Nachrichtenagenturen arbeiten. Thema: Welche Bedeutung haben Weblogs für ihre Arbeit und wie nutzen sie Weblogs? (Sie nutzen Weblogs […]
The Relevance of Weblogs for the Work of Political Journalists: My Masters Thesis is Online
I just received news that my masters thesis has been graded (1.0 = “very good”), which also means I’m now allowed to publish it online. For the thesis, I interviewed political journalists working at German newspapers (print and online) as well as news agencies about the relevance of weblogs for their work, and how they […]
Beijing Wide Open: Bloggers detained in Beijing for live blogging for a free Tibet
Tibetan-Canadian Free Tibet activist and director of Students For A Free Tibet Lhadon Tethong has been liveblogging from Beijing. The activists have gathered in Beijing exactly one year before the Olympic Games are about to start - tonight, there will be the official countdown ceremony.
Their live blog Beijing Wide Open has declared their goal to […]
Minneapolis Bridge Collapse: New Media Quickly Provide Information
While the event itself is of course tragic, the Minneapolis bridge collapse has brought participative media (citizen media, like blogs and all) to the attention of the public once more.
A great example is Metroblogging Minneapolis who have great coverage not only of the event, but also of the way both traditional media and participative media […]
“ITV News falls into the citizen journalism trap”
…says Paul Bradshow on the Online Journalism Blog, and well, he’s right:As the Guardian announced (free registration required), ITV News will “allow members of the public to post video clips on the Uploaded website via mobile phone or webcam, responding to a daily “debate of the day” set by ITV News.”
I guess they think that’s […]
Fox attacks Bloggers (brief video round-up)
This video is hilarious: A collection of some of the more - shall we say - rhetorically enthusiastic attacks on left wing non-right wing bloggers. The accusations go all the way from “hate speech” to “overthrowing the government”. (And that’s for DailyKos. Err… right.)
The one thing it does show pretty clear, though, is the importance […]
Great guide by J-Lab: Journalism 2.0 - How to Survive and Thrive
University of Maryland’s J-Lab and the Knight Citizen News Network, who both focus on interactive journalism, have released a great hands-on guide: Journalism 2.0 - How to Survive and Thrive (Full PDF version here, print version available here).
There’s quite a bit material on this topic out there already, of course, but this report is really […]
German Blogosphere: No Political A-List Bloggers in Germany
So far, I haven’t mentioned on this weblog a whole lot about the masters thesis I’m writing. Partly because it didn’t seem to me to be interesting for external readers (that sounds wrong, doesn’t it?) you, partly because I’m simply not sure about the formal regulations surrounding the thesis: Is it allowed to publish any […]
“The best way to protect your privacy is to give it away”, says professor targeted wrongly by the FBI
On Wired, author Clive Thompson tells the amazing story of Hasan Elahi, a Bangladeshi-born 35-year-old American artist and Rutgers professor. Ever since the US government had put him wrongly on the terror suspect list, he’s been afraid to be detained on one of his many trips around the world - so he decided to create […]
BostonNOW goes bloggy, big time
BostonNOW, a free Boston daily newspaper, is incorporating blogs and other citizen media big time, it seems. (Rich media is the buzzword of the hour, after all.) While I’m not really familiar with neither Boston nor the newspaper, what Editor-in-Chief John Wilpers says about the changes seems to make an awful lot of sense:
All my […]
My name is Peter Bihr. I live in Berlin, Germany. As a freelancer, I consult on web strategies, communities, blogging and social media. In this weblog, I jot down random thoughts, ideas and news. Hopefully, you'll find some are interesting for you, too. 