Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Blogs: To trust or not to trust



According to Globescan poll conducted in 2006, % of people trust the sources of news:

News websites 38%

Media 25%

Blogs 23%

Looking at the chart, the interesting trend that I can observe is the countries that have less freedom of information like Egypt, Indonesia, Germany, Korea, people tend to trust more on blogs than more liberal countries like US. I have not been able to draw a conclusion on Brazil.

What is the purpose of blogger existence? BBC writes:

Blogs do not really exist to provide people with the "news and information" they want on current affairs.

They exist to agitate, to question, to swap information, to provide leads and opinions, and generally to act as guerrilla forces against the massed ranks of the mainstream media.

They see themselves as activists, not just providers. And they like to give it to you raw.

Their aim is to undermine trust in their opponents as much as to raise trust among themselves. Their regular respondents tend to agree with everything the site says anyway.

They have not yet, in my view, reached the level of being a sufficient alternative source of news and information. They are probably best seen at the moment as an additional source of information.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4965500.stm

My personal views on blogs and good qualities that I am looking in a blogger.

1. Competence. The person must know what he/she is talking about.

2. Sincerity. Is the person trying his/her best.

3. Diligence. Do his/her homework.

4. Balanced, matured and fair. One should not put down on others to glorify oneself.

5. Humble/humility. To err is human, to forgive Divine.

6. Curiosity. Seek to understand how the world work.

7. Smart thinking. Don't make lazy intellectual arguments.

8. Value added information. Bring something to the table so that we all can learn something.

9. Polite. Don't be abusive.

10. Respect for others. Forget who you are, whether you are rich or powerful, we all are equal in the blog sphere.

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