Week 5 - Meikle A, B and C

News On The Web - When it comes down to the basic form of news on the web, we should be sticking with traditional sites such as the BBC, Sky etc. These are the sites in which real qualified journalists are writing for, instead of this idea which the audience becomes the researchers/journalists. This gives me the impression of false news and information and reminds me of Wikipedia where anyone can add information. I understand that these are 'additional sources for information retrieval' as Meikle describes, however with these major news sites such as the BBC, there is a sense of reliability and trust.

New Journalists Online - I do agree with this and what Meikle says. With the mention of blogging and news groups even the everyday joe can contribute to the discussions. I would still relate back to my first point in questioning weather these are reliable sites to gain our information, but I suppose this gives the user that sense of being a real journalist. An easy thing to do on the Net where we can become anyone we want to be.

DIY News Online - When taking this into mind, my first thought I would relate this to is blogging. A place were we can start off discussions of our own and build on it. When questioning it as an alternative culture, I probably would agree with this statement. Not only as it's an online society which is an alternative to the big named news media groups, but they are part of Indymedia where we see small time sites making an impact.