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How ya doin'..?
It's just some random thoughts that pops out in my mind, that I thought maybe I should share with you guys.
Last week, Miss Anusha had told us about how anybody can be a journalist.
With New Media Technology, anybody can be anything.
I am a true primate when it comes to technology, don't ask me why, but frankly speaking, I never have the intense curiosity of surfing the Net unless it's for academic purposes. I never knew about the latest softwares, applications...heck, I still think Print Shop Deluxe and Solitaire are the only coolest softwares of all time.
And. I have no Facebook account.
I'm so pathetic.
However.
I have always loved to write. So I wrote on Microsoft Word until I found out about blogs. So I signed up. Then I had a few followers, subscribers (I just realized that I signed an RSS Feed to my blog while actually I didn't know hell about RSS) and even readers from other countries e-mailed me about my posts. So I thought dayumn am I cool or what.
Then I got the unwanted readers to comment and advertise their sites on my blog. First they were all right. But then, after a while, I realized their comments were kind of peculiar. I did some research and I found out they were actually trying to link me to porn sites.
Porn siteSss. Notice the plural people, there are many of them.
And I found that out after a year. Tahniah ye.
I can't do anything about it, so I just keep those comments moderated (which, took me weeks to understand the function) while they keep on commenting and praising my opinions.
I, am just a nobody, who loves writing thoughts and opinions. But now my readers think I work for the soft porn industry. I lost my fans, even though I write not expecting much of fame, I still don't like to think that my once faithful readers ran off thinking I'm faking or making up my opinions just to lure them into porn sites. How would I gain credibility if my readers believe in that, while I myself wrote against the issue?
Then it hit me. Like just now.
Only New Media can do that. Only New Media can satisfy curiosity and rapidly change people's beliefs, attitude, and judgments within a click. Only New Media can condemn and shape people's minds that quickly. Only New Media can make people instantly believe that behind those articles there is an author who actually is a porno freak.
And that New Media can make people get confused with what's real and true or otherwise.
New Media can do weird things to you. Until you get dependent towards it.
People say being literally corrupted is illegal, and the ones who are involved are black and white. How about being mentally corrupted? Who is to be blamed? New Media?
Just who is this New Media?
It's you. You and you.
With Miss Anusha's permission, let me rephrase on what I think of the statement 'anybody can be a journalist.'
With all due respect, journalists are noble, educated people of the media who have information and spread them to other people for the betterment of their publics. So no, I don't think every body is that noble and educated enough to be in par with professional journalists' standards.
But every body is noble and educated enough in their own way, and that with New Media Technology, - every body can be A Journalist Of His Own.
Whether for the betterment of the publics or not, it's up for YOU to decide.
So don't lose yourself into easily trusting something that is rapidly evolving and changing within seconds.
Happy Ramadhan everyone!
Hi,
Selamat Berpuasa
ok i like Nora's argument here..
well, i do think some people think they are journalist even though what they publish in their blog or webpage are total crap..
in my opinion its not wrong.. or unethical.. it just depends on US.. the publics either to believe or not..
it is us who decide whether that person thought or opinions are reliable or not..
for me, it is ok if you have your own opinion, thought or idea that you would want to share it..as long as it's not about racism, or religions.. other than that.. its OK!
but trust me.. i'll not believe what you said..
ok.. till next time..
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