quarta-feira, junho 04, 2003
The Big Four (via The Corner)
O periodico Daily Standard nomeia os quatro blogs mais influentes nos EUA e fala da sua crescente influência na opinião pública americana e inclusivamente nas publicações escritas. A influência destes quatro (e de outros que não foram nomeados) extendem-se além fronteiras, acrescento eu.
Quanto à blogosfera lusa ainda se encotra a muito anos anos-luz desta realidade.
"The Big Four are Instapundit, Andrew Sullivan, Mickey Kaus, and The Volokh Conspiracy. These four sites are usually visited by news junkies many times a day because they are staffed by bright people and continually updated, and thus they can guide the chattering class to a breaking story or even a hitherto ignored story. Trent Lott is no longer majority leader in part because these superpowers of the blog filed and fueled the story of his remarks at Strom's birthday bash. The New York Times is reeling because of consistent attention to its inaccuracies and biases by these same sites. Because these sites are so widely read and referred to, they can amplify even small murmurs and overnight can redirect traditional media towards a target.
The power of synchronized blogging is still somewhat incipient. The first generation of bloggers are individualists, and unlikely to coordinate their activities. But if blog alliances do begin to develop among them, the ability to drive the news cycle in a particular direction will be immense.
When the blogosphere ignores a story, that story is marked as boring or insignificant or both. If a story cannot hold the interest of the web's news hounds, it is hardly likely to interest the general reading or viewing public.
If the web seizes on a story, however, it is a huge signal to editors and assignment desks to pay attention. The media dinosaurs can ignore these currents in opinion-making, of course, but not for long"
posted by Miguel Noronha 5:53 da tarde
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