Twitter, Bites, URL’s, and B-Roll… what language are we speaking?

             Oh how the online world is changing our lives. Journalism is no longer printing papers and distributing them accordingly, and broadcasting news across old fuzzy radios. This World Wide Web break through has completely altered Journalism but has opened many doors for citizen journalists.

           At first all of these new terms to be learnt are intimidating however with a beer in hand and an inch of patience a lot can be accomplished in a short amount of time. Blogs are complicated enough, not to mention tagging sites likes de.licio.us, and networking sites like Twitter. Each and every one serves a particular purpose and all of them take some fiddling around to understand, but in the end with a little frustration along the way, these forms of communication and publication create a ton of opportunity.

               In the world of Journalism, networking is imperative and due to these brilliant creations the internet allows one person to connect to another all the way across the world. Many of us in class seem to be a little annoyed and uneasy with the whole signing up for networking sites, however with a little extra explanation I can now say I understand the purpose behind the pain in the ass websites.

          I hope through this class, and these websites I can gain further information regarding the significance of blogging and online journalism. But I am not going to lie, a piece of me wishes we could just keep things simple and find success in our field of choice the old fashion way.  I like things simple. Makes life a little less complicated. I mean, what the hell is Twitter anyways.

             Why can’t we just settle with Facebook? We accomplish all tasks necessary on that alone…even older people are using Facebook because of its popularity and convenience. Get rid of all the extra stuff and settle for what is most popular, easy to use and enjoyable. I realize my rant went from supporting online journalism to bashing it in comparison to Facebook, but with a little extra thought all those annoying websites are put into perspective.

              I am one hundred per cent addicted to Facebook and solely support that form of online communication. So Roz, you keep supporting all these useful yet frustrating sites and I hope that one day I will graduate from Facebook to Twitter, De.licio.us, and all that jazz.

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