Only 5% Of Bloggers Are Journalists

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday July 23, 2006 @06:24AM 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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Type Mismatch by fuzheado · 2006-07-23 06:42 · Score: 5, Insightful

Slashdot headline - "Only 5% Of Bloggers Are Journalists"
Slashdot summary - "About 34 percent see their blogging as a form of journalism"
Er, get it right.
The article said "only 5% of bloggers have news as their primary topic."
News is a form of journalism, but not all journalism is news.
In other news... by identity0 · 2006-07-23 06:59 · Score: 5, Interesting

Only 5% of world leaders are massuers.
Only 5% of governors of California are film stars.
Only 5% of beer is alcohol.
Only 5% of Slashdot stories are dupes.
Only 5% of a woman's body is different from a man's.
Only 5% of English soccer fans are hooligans.

Sometimes, it's the exceptions that make things interesting :)