There is so much ‘open news’ on the internet that sometimes it is hard to decipher what is accurate what isn’t so accurate. As I mentioned in week 4’s blog: I think its the fact that because we’ve grown up with professional media companies such as the BBC, CNN and ITV, we consider these to be far more reliable and better quality than others. When looking at ‘open news’ you have to question who wrote the article and how reliable the source is. The idea of people being able becoming their own journalists and applying their own personal views (which may or not be biased) to a subject also makes you question the reliability of the source, especially when you know they are not being processed by professional editorial companies. However I suppose you could say that language is an important factor when looking at the quality of open news; if an article is well written, well structured and significantly accurate are you more likely to find it credible?
The idea of open news also made me consider ideas around the quality of the news on television. There are always rumours of the news being filtered by the government so stories are manipulated and interpreted in a different way. Even though this is taking place, the news on the television still remains popular- could you say that the quality of the news doesn’t seem to matter to some audiences anymore, as they kind of believe what they read is in fact ‘true’ and don't want to question or don't have the ability to do so?
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