Everywhere I talk as a blogger, my audience are skeptical about the credibility of the blogs. I always have to answer the question: how can blogs go ahead since it lacks what the traditional media consider as one of the most important factor – the objectivity.
What I answer to them? Before going to my answer, let’s ponder on some issues.
Is there a absolute truth? NO. Truth depends on how you see it or who see it or at what situation you see it. Truth is subjective, not objective as many claim it to be.
Suppose you see a woman on the bikini at a place. What you would think on her? Ah, beautiful. And, will your thought remain same if you come to know that the girl is a Muslim? And, what if you are a Muslim yourself? I believe you thoughts will be different after each added piece of information and even your biases changes it. So, what’s the truth about the girl for others.
Media is not run by the sufferers or say insiders. Media professionals are always outsiders. They collect the information, view the entire event from outside and include their biases while writing the news.
Then wouldn’t it the media professional who filters the information and way to present it. Now, in this step those are involved who are not even the ones who acquired the information. So, how come traditional media be fairly objective?
In blogs, the bloggers posts their opinions on any events or the way they see it. Bloggers do not claim the information be entirely true – they just present it in their own way. But isn’t that what the ‘free press theory (or liberatian)’ : let the audience decide themselves. How much space does a blog entry leave for audience to ponder upon and how much the traditional media?
There is no straight-forward answers to any of these questions. Blogs at time can be objective, but are mostly subjective. Traditional media too can be subjective. So why there needed much questioning about the blog’s credibility?
Read blogs as subjective opinion of an individual - what matters you most: the numbers (or facts) or the human emotions? For me, I am as a human more interested in human emotions than the plain numbers.
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I would definitely say that blogs have more personal touch to them then newspapers have. Bloggers mostly blog about the things they see around them or have experienced whereas newspapers just make the perspective of a outsider
But wasn’t the question of objectivity supposed be to for the whole internet, not only blogs?
I agree that however much we try to treat the subject matter objectively, one can accuse us of having personal biases. However, discerning readers would definitely find out what is truth and what is not. Therefore, “Let the audience decide themselves.”
Ujjwal ji,
Thanks for relevant entry. We are blogging anonymously and I have already given my comments. I request you to include in your blogroll also. Regarding veracity of our statments, we are always ojective. Anyway, no problem if the audience decides our fate.
Pradhyapak
Pradhyapak ji,
Thanks for the comment and I have already added your website in the blogroll.
Ujjwal ji ka ho BLOGAN Ko kura ta hawa bhayo ta. Khali guf ko bharma Organization ta hudaina ni sathi.
So plz be serious about that.