Goucher College‘s webmaster and blogger extraordinaire Bob McPeak has shut down his BoBlog site and set up shop at the brand spanking new and shiny Bob’s Radar. It’s a must-read site for anyone who wants to stay on top of things in the ever-changing world of the interweb from the perspective of a college webmaster.
Category: web 2.0
New vs. traditional media: Whom do you trust?
When it comes to breaking news, most Americans trust the old media sources (newpapers, radio and television) over the new media (blogs, podcasts and the like). But new media may be catching up.
That’s according to a LexisNexis survey of American attitudes toward different media sources.
As reported more than a week ago by TechWeb, “About 25 percent would turn to print and broadcast media Internet sites” to get breaking news, while only 6 percent “would seek information from Internet user groups, blogs and chat rooms.”
But the survey noted a trend toward relying on a mix of new and traditional media:
Some 52 percent of consumers said they believe they will continue to place the most trust and reliance in traditional news sources, but 35 percent expected to primarily trust and rely on emerging media (Internet pundits, citizen journalists and bloggers) in the future. Thirteen percent anticipated trusting and relying mostly on emerging media.
Blogs, user groups and chat rooms ranked second, behind traditional lifestyle magazines for entertainment, which ranked first among news topics of interest.
And blogs like this one, which report news like this 11 days after both the mainstream and new media, are not trustworthy sources for breaking news. (By the way, did you hear that North Korea might have tested a nuclear bomb a couple of days ago?)
Andy writes! 