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Only 5% Of Bloggers Are Journalists

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the someone-getting-called-to-testify-soon dept.

ObsessiveMathsFreak writes "A recent study has concluded that only 5% of bloggers have news as their primary topic. The study was conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and found that 37 percent of the surveyed blogs were reporting on their personal life, 11 percent on political matters, 7 percent on entertainment, and 6 percent on sports. There's also plenty of extra data in the report itself. From the article: 'About 34 percent see their blogging as a form of journalism; 65 percent disagreed. Just over a third of the bloggers said they often conduct journalistically appropriate tasks such as verifying facts and linking to source material.'"

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  1. Way higher than 11% by big+tex · · Score: 4, Informative

    5% are reporting on the media. The ones discussing sports, entertainment, politics, etc. are on a journalistic bent, whether or not they cover the media.
    This is like saying that the only journalists at NPR do the "On the Media" show.
    Once again, lies, damn lies, and statistics.

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  2. 5%? That's a lot by appleprophet · · Score: 4, Informative

    Very misleading headline... The article is about how 5% of blogs are about news in the real world, as opposed to emo LiveJournal/Xanga stuff. Calling anyone with a website who writes about something they saw on TV a journalist is kind of strange.

  3. From Dictionary.com... by Jason1729 · · Score: 4, Informative

    journalist (jûrn-lst)
    n.
    1. One whose occupation is journalism.
    2. One who keeps a journal.

    By definition, 100% of bloggers are journalists.

    Also there's nothing in the definition relating a journalist to writing about news.