To blog or not to blog....
It's pretty self-evident what I think the answer to that question is. And if you are a student journalist what better way of presenting your work, maximising your profile and reaching out to prospective employers? Why not harness the net in practical terms with an online CV? You can always take part in the philosophical debate on the power of blogs at Cemp - Bournemouth's Centre for Excellence in Media Practice where Roman Gerodimos poses the question: Blogs - online therapy or new power structure?
For a different slant read Trevor Butterworth's piece in the FT Magazine. "Blogging is the closest literary culture has come to instant obsolescence," he argues.
For a different slant read Trevor Butterworth's piece in the FT Magazine. "Blogging is the closest literary culture has come to instant obsolescence," he argues.
posted by Liisa Rohumaa at 4:52 AM
5 Comments:
It's great to see how blogs can be used within the HE context: I'm an optimist by nature and like to see the potential in everything. Bournemouth Media School has a number of academic groups, not just journalism. Does this blogspot cater for all or should its title be reconsidered?
Blogging is an excellent form of communicating and exchanging views and news. It should be encouraged and used by students to practice and showcase their skills. Hopefully it will be embraced by staff and students and used as a platform to demonstrate engagement with current affairs beyond the confines of the curriculum! I'll be postsing - once I've got my blog working again :)
Hi Stu, Thanks for your upbeat comments. I hope to broaden out the blog but the focus will be on the debate about online journalism. I've called it Bournemouth Media School blog in the hope that someone will take on the baton once my residency is over - and perhaps they can use it to focus on their beat.
As a lecturer on the Animation course, and currently researching African Animation, I have used my blog as a site whereby my informants and collegues can post their views and general news from their countires. As my research involves active dialogue with practitioners across the globe, I have found that my blog, so far has taken the form of a diary of events and news, as well as personal thoughts on the subject. I strongly encourage students and staff to use blogging as a means to document your work, whilst offering the possiblity to intiate dialogue with other people that share similar interests... I love it and its so easy to set up!
I find the view that blogs may as well be obsolete as hinted my Trevor. I recently heard him speak on Radio 4 about blogging. He characterised most blogs as full of Britney Spears Pop Culture--- a little like saying that all books are childrens books; or blogs might as well be made out of vellum. It occurs to me that newspapers like any other company have a line and trevor it towing it. Blogs can be used for many things, as indeed can any other medium. Even if blogs where used just as online journals, the sale of autobiographies means that people are interested in people.
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