Blogs are more than journalism

In some webpages there are several articles and blogs which handled

the relationship between Weblogs and Journalism.

Here is one of them:

"Blogs are more than journalism"

Blogs are written largely as a hobby, according to a new study, not for the sake of journalism. There are two opinions on this research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

First, the perception that blogs are used mainly for "journalism"- as defined by mainstream media- has been created by the mainstream media. Blogs are simply a newer form of online communication that began with newsgroups, bulletin boards and Web sites in earlier stages of the Internet's evolution. Old media organizations have described blogs as journalistic outlets after getting scooped badly by them in some high-profile stories, a myopic definition that excludes the full spectrum of the blogosphere.

Second, and more important, who cares about the definition of "journalism" anyway? News organizations are the ones hung up on this label, not bloggers. It's all about information, not some editor's definition of "news," and that means just about anything to anybody.

wirtten by Mike Yamamoto CNET news.com