Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Sep 23 2004
Blog Tiers?
Vox Day led me to a post on The Evangelical Outpost, in which a sort of informational hierarchy of new media is presented by Joe Carter, with blogs being represented in the mix as lower tiers. This is followed by the observation that most information tends to trickle down in this hierarchy, with noted exceptions being the recent investigative reporting and material regarding Michelle Malkin and also Dan Rather. I can see how this hierarchy might be a general notion on the part of blog readers, but I have to tell you that a lot of information and communication often begins in Tiers 4-6 and is then distributed to people in Tiers 1 and 2. And beyond. Way beyond. A contact is a contact. (I'm not giving out any names or details though, so please don't ask.)
And if you think no one takes Tiers 4-6 as a serious source of information and media work in general, you haven't looked at the access logs of those who blog from these so-named lower tiers. And I'm not just talking about news media. I'm talking about the military, judicial personnel, business representatives and educators.
It would be downright foolish of those in Tiers 4-6 to blog and tell, but their perceived low status on this version of the media totem pole might just be what keeps them in contact with people in ways those in Tiers 1-3 might be unable to experience.
posted at: 07:32 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Vox Day led me to a post on The Evangelical Outpost, in which a sort of informational hierarchy of new media is presented by Joe Carter, with blogs being represented in the mix as lower tiers. This is followed by the observation that most information tends to trickle down in this hierarchy, with noted exceptions being the recent investigative reporting and material regarding Michelle Malkin and also Dan Rather. I can see how this hierarchy might be a general notion on the part of blog readers, but I have to tell you that a lot of information and communication often begins in Tiers 4-6 and is then distributed to people in Tiers 1 and 2. And beyond. Way beyond. A contact is a contact. (I'm not giving out any names or details though, so please don't ask.)
And if you think no one takes Tiers 4-6 as a serious source of information and media work in general, you haven't looked at the access logs of those who blog from these so-named lower tiers. And I'm not just talking about news media. I'm talking about the military, judicial personnel, business representatives and educators.
It would be downright foolish of those in Tiers 4-6 to blog and tell, but their perceived low status on this version of the media totem pole might just be what keeps them in contact with people in ways those in Tiers 1-3 might be unable to experience.
posted at: 07:32 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
