If You can't beat 'em, blog 'em

ABC News Productions. (Added Author). Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Added Author). Infobase (Added Author).

Summary: The rise of the blog as a form of serious news reporting means that conventional journalists must become familiar with the blog format and rethink typical journalistic approaches. This ABC News program examines the blogger "community," reviews major news stories that were broken by bloggers, and demonstrates ways in which blogging differs from traditional reporting methods. Featuring an interview with a Virginia schoolteacher who created a groundswell of political action with her blog, the video shows how the immediacy and the personal style of blog-writing can have powerful results-so powerful that journalistic accountability is now a contentious blog issue.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (22 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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electronic resource (video)
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Apr. 29, 2006. Films On Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Formatted Contents Note:	Bloggers: New Rules or No Rules (2:19) -- Blogging: Empowerment and Community (6:14) -- Ordinary Citizens Making a Difference (6:02) -- Maura Keaney: Media or Private Citizen? (3:53) -- Ethics for Blogging (2:13) -- intro - test of LO (0:08)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films On Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: Films On Demand platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description.