Crowd sourcing is already a reality in today's journalism world. Since about 5 years ago, we've grown used to news organisations using amateur photography and video of major news events. Now the wisdom of the crowd is becoming a source for generating stories as well as reacting to them. Paul Johnson (from Guardian), set the scene with two examples: Reuters is working on a tool to monitor micro-blogging service Twitter for mentions of newsworthy keywords such as "earthquake", while AP has agreed to buy content from user-generated site NowPublic.com.
Jemima Kiss, digital media reporter at MediaGuardian.co.uk, said news organisations need to be careful about how they use user-generated content and social media.
Paul Brannan, editor at the BBC, said that the broadcaster had enjoyed "fantastic success" with user-generated content. "People offer us pictures every single day on the web", Brannan added.
Freedom of speech is either a Human Right or a Constitutional Right, depending on the country. In Chile, it's established on its Constitution, as every Human Right. However, freedom of speech is still a topic of discussion because of many circunstances which it has been simply violated in, and, as in practically all the countries, journalism and press have been the most damaged practices.
The Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights indicates the following: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."
In America, there's a free speech reporter (also known as "relator"), who concerns about this human right in all the American countries, which he visits to, studies about special cases and writes reports to solve their problems.
On the other hand, the article 13 of the American Convection of Human Rights, indicates that: "Everyone hast the right of free thought and expression". This right includes the freedom to search, receive and spread information and ideas.
Here are some good web sites I visit almost everyday, because of many reasons (just for fun, education, culture, technology and so on)
The first one I'd like to introduce to you is Guardian.co.uk As a future journalist, I need to be permanently informed, and this British online newspaper keeps me up-to-date of all the international news. I also like reading its "sister paper" The Observer, which is published on Sundays. I love checking out the music reviews, especially the Live Reviews. This is one of my favorites.
ElPaís.com is perhaps one of the best web sites of news in Spanish. As every digital newspaper, El País updates its news every minute. Check out the blogs section.
Wikipedia is "the free encyclopedia" or that's what the most of the people says, including me. When I know that there I'll find information about ANYTHING! Books are part of the past (at least the encyclopedias) because Mr. Wales created a wonderful thing called WIKIPEDIA! Are you looking for information about... Typhoon Paka? The best thing is that wikipedia has a Spanish version too. What else can I ask for?
WordReference.com is one of those web sites you HAVE to visit. It's a multi-language dictionary, a translator, a forum and a verb conjugator at once. I use it every time I have to make a homework or send an e-mail to an English-speaker friend.
And when I'm bored I visit web sites such as: YouTube: to watch and upload videos (my channel is right here) Facebook: to keep in contact with my friends, especially with those who I haven't seen to since the school! Radiohead.com: the official Radiohead website, my fave band ever.
Well, I think those are all my favorite web sites. If I remember another that I find interesting, I'll post it here.
It wasn't a funny weekend at all. I just stayed at home and spended all my time reading boring books and studying for the next test. I also read the newspapers (as always) and I realized that news getting worse and worse.
On saturday, my uncle and my aunt -who I currently live with- invited me to go to the mountain with them and my cousin, but I told them that I'd have a very hard test on monday and I couldn't go. So they all went to the mountain and I stayed at home alone.
Well, that wasn't too bad because I could be absolutely quiet and with no "troubles" and people around me being noisy, but I had to COOK for me! And that's a very bad point because I just CAN'T COOK! So the only one thing it occured to me was that I could order a pizza, and that's what I did.
What an interesting weeekend! isn't it? Notice that I'm being ironic.
That there That's not me I go Where I please I walk through walls I float down the Liffey I'm not here This isn't happening I'm not here I'm not here
In a little while I'll be gone The moment's already passed Yeah it's gone And I'm not here This isn't happening I'm not here I'm not here
Strobe lights and blown speakers Fireworks and hurricanes I'm not here This isn't happening I'm not here I'm not here
This is a song about disappearing and forgetting about everything that worries you, and that's exactly because I love it. I know we all must face our problems and etc., but there're times when you really need to be free of worries and your mind needs to be just in peace. If your life was full of worries, then you had a stressing life and you wouldn't like to live anymore. Perhaps I'm doing little exaggerate, but I guess it's true, and that's why I like this song and enjoy listening to it. It makes me feel good, although somebody thinks the singer's voice stinks.
If you found that my explanaition about why I like this song is true, then check out this video of "How to Disappear Completely" live!
Radiohead is an indie band from Oxford, England. They started their career in tha late 80's . They used to called 'On a Friday', but when they signed with a major label, they changed their name to Radiohead, which is a song by the American band Talking Heads. Their first album was released in 1993 and was called "Pablo Honey", whose single "Creep" was a total hit in their country and USA. Everybody thought that they were just a "one-hit-wonder" band else (because of the controversial song "Creep"), but when they realeased their second LP ("The Bends") and the radios began to play more songs by them (such as "Street Spirit", "High and Dry", etc.), then they realized that Radiohead career was just beginning. Their third studio album was "OK Computer" (1997) and it's considered their best longplay so far. In fact, there have been many bands influenced by that particular album.
The song I feature on this post is from their fourth album, "Kid A", a recording whose topics are mostly critical about the current world context and contemporary society. It's a group of songs to sit back and relax, though.
The Radiohead's music is a kind of "indie music" because of its "alternative" sound and the non-common instruments that they play. They're a rock band, but many of their songs have jazzy, underground and electro sounds.
(Assignment 6)
