Comments on: M.Report S01E25 – The Intersection between Citizen Journalism and Traditional Media http://mahmood.tv/2008/05/25/mreport-s01e25-the-intersection-between-citizen-journalism-and-traditional-media/ An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: loki http://mahmood.tv/2008/05/25/mreport-s01e25-the-intersection-between-citizen-journalism-and-traditional-media/comment-page-1/#comment-119172 loki Sun, 25 May 2008 10:03:32 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=4449#comment-119172 I would say that the internet as a media often provides a disproportionate amount of "air time / bandwidth" to marginalized groups. This can give a distorted view of how prominent that view point is. E.g. radical right groups, conspiracy theorists, UFOs, etc. Small groups have a habit of shouting very loudly. In addition many groups have almost automated the process of responding to postings that criticizes their stance. This again makes it appear that they are prevalent than they actually are. my 2 cents. I would say that the internet as a media often provides a disproportionate amount of “air time / bandwidth” to marginalized groups. This can give a distorted view of how prominent that view point is. E.g. radical right groups, conspiracy theorists, UFOs, etc. Small groups have a habit of shouting very loudly.

In addition many groups have almost automated the process of responding to postings that criticizes their stance. This again makes it appear that they are prevalent than they actually are.

my 2 cents.

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]]> By: Ali http://mahmood.tv/2008/05/25/mreport-s01e25-the-intersection-between-citizen-journalism-and-traditional-media/comment-page-1/#comment-119169 Ali Sun, 25 May 2008 05:00:02 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=4449#comment-119169 With so much information available on the internet,the challange facing the next generation will education. For every point of view, there are hundreds of opposites, for every religion, dozens of alternative truths and for every scientific truth there a myriad of theories out there on the net which appear genuine. How do you teach a young person to be discerning. How do you teach youngsters to be wary of what they see hear and discover on the net? Remember the pyramids on Mars when the net first started to become prolific in people lives? I wonder how many cave paintings were propoganda put out there to mislead the old cave dwellers about other more greener grasses,how many remembered and written stories about the multitude of prophets were in fact fabrications of lesser truths designed to keep an inquisitive population quiet, and how many times in our long past have we all too easily believed the "media" of the age. Blogs, websites, internet radio are all just a natural extension of human development, and will manipulated by those in power just like before. So sadly Mahmood, you may believe you are independent but you are just a small facet on a multi sided structure, one grain of sand in the scales and just a tiny point of view to be averaged out in the general scheme of things. I think the challenge now is how to make a difference without sacrificing truth. With so much information available on the internet,the challange facing the next generation will education. For every point of view, there are hundreds of opposites, for every religion, dozens of alternative truths and for every scientific truth there a myriad of theories out there on the net which appear genuine.

How do you teach a young person to be discerning. How do you teach youngsters to be wary of what they see hear and discover on the net? Remember the pyramids on Mars when the net first started to become prolific in people lives?

I wonder how many cave paintings were propoganda put out there to mislead the old cave dwellers about other more greener grasses,how many remembered and written stories about the multitude of prophets were in fact fabrications of lesser truths designed to keep an inquisitive population quiet, and how many times in our long past have we all too easily believed the “media” of the age.

Blogs, websites, internet radio are all just a natural extension of human development, and will manipulated by those in power just like before.

So sadly Mahmood, you may believe you are independent but you are just a small facet on a multi sided structure, one grain of sand in the scales and just a tiny point of view to be averaged out in the general scheme of things.

I think the challenge now is how to make a difference without sacrificing truth.

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