Aus dem Newsletter von onlinejournalism.com: Dan Gillmor hat sich, anlässlich der NetMedia 2003- Konferenz, zum Thema Bottom-up Publishing geäussert:

Gillmor presented the consumers' perspective in the face of these changing platforms and said that “bottom-up” publishing, such as blogging and Web site building, has given the audience or consumer a role in producing the news.

“In the past, journalism has been a lecture. Now it's become a conversation or seminar,” he said. “And a journalist's guiding principle must be that, 'my readers know more than I do.' This is not a threat, but an opportunity.” This has the positive effect of handing power and authority to the people journalists cover.

The biggest problem Gillmor sees, however, is governments both in Europe and the U.S. attempting to use copyright legislation as an instrument for control, thereby restricting or limiting this so-called “journalism from the edges,” and putting it into the hands of a few large companies.

Interessante Aspekte, die da angesprochen werden ....