Blog VS Traditional Media

A few years ago, blog was only a tool for people to chat with others, there were not much newsbreak or space for discussion. Yet, characteristics of blog were emerged after the 911 even, all traditional medium included newspapers, magazines, even news website, were seems running slow and overcautious on their reports. Obviously, it was hard to satisfy those audiences and readers who wanted to know more immediately. For some people who do not read newspaper (like me), the only way to get information would be sitting in front of TV and waiting that piece of short and perfunctory news. Even though the TV can present live broadcast, it is still not ‘deep-going’ enough. Therefore, the flexible and quick tool – BLOG, became the best choice to express. People were sharing their stories, ideas and feeling through the blog. Moreover, many other significant even like tsunami in Southeast Asia as another example evidence blog can present news and broadcast as well as traditional medium.
In some countries, the news restriction still be held, it results more people prefer read news and communicate information through blogs, rather than getting those selected or restricted information from the government news, and listen to the monotonic government answers. As a citizen, I believe that we should have rights to know the facts rather than blindly listen to the government keep telling that everything in our country is going so cool and advanced( Not mean it is not cool, I’m a patriot ; )).
Bloggers share their information and offer space for people to speak out their real idea. In this regard, blog become the express way to know the ‘truth’.
- xiaofei hu