Journalism and New Information Technologies
Today new information technologies play one of the most important role in our life. It allows anybody to get any information that he or she wants, visit museums and of course commune with people who can be located on the another world’s end.
New information technologies and journalism, from my point of view, can’t exist without each other because they help journalists to receive and transmit any kind of information.
Nevertheless, nowadays new technologies permit anyone to spread any information. It can be true or false. Very often weblogs are used for this purpose. But sometimes people, who publish articles in weblogs, forget that information can be a very powerful weapon that can hurt anybody if you don’t right use it. Futhermore, publication of false information can be classified as “information terrorism” that can be compared with ordinary terrorism. It can unleash war or sow discord among people. Therefore, I call all weblogers to be more responsible and careful.
