How does the new media influence the European Union institutions? Well, just ask Margot Wallstorm, the vice-president of the European Commission who made a lot of people jealous because the popularity of her blog. Yes, the vice president of the European Union is blogging and only last years, she had 2 million visitors on her website. People who know what the commissioner thinks now have the chance to find out directly, from her blog, just like Margot Wallstorm finds out what citizens think from the over 200 comments she gets on her posts.
The New Media Generation
Why journalists use blogs?
By Mina on Friday, June 29 2007, 14:43
There is a dramatic increase in the creation of blogs the last years and it is really positive that a great majority of journalists can use them. But why do journalists use blogs?
Journalists have the privilege to use the language in a proper way and that gives them the power to express their views and their ideas freely and without hesitation. They play an active role in the process of collecting, reporting and analyzing news and information.
What should be mentioned is that journalists by their blogs, they cultivate a spirit of cooperation and coordination with the public. They talk with their fellowmen about economical, political and cultural issues and they can criticise the authorities and their actions. Journalists' blogs are a motivation for the public to protest against certain governmental behaviors. This is the meaning of democracy and journalists with blogs try to fulfill their desire of a world of justice and equation.
The Erasmus Generation
By sinikkahe on Friday, June 29 2007, 14:00
Young journalists create media from their own point of view. What influence does our Erasmus Generation have? Thoughts that awoke in EYMD conference in Brussels.