Blogging changing media's gatekeeper role

This is not a new idea - see people like Dan Gillmor, Jay Rosen and Jeff Jarvis - but its starting to become part of the landscape:

"The one-to-many road of traditional journalism, yes, it is threatened. And professional journalists need to acclimate themselves to an environment in which there are many more contributors to the discourse," says Mr Nachison.

"The notion of a gatekeeper who filters and decides what's acceptable for public consumption and what isn't, that's gone forever."

"With people now walking around with information devices in their pockets, like camera or video phones, we are going to see more instances of ordinary citizens breaking stories."

Comments

[Hans Henrik]

Hi Trevor

What interests me in particular is what it mean in a business context. Imagine which requirements is demanded in future leadership where the powerbase is distributed to those who in fact has the power because of what they do, what they communicate, which personal networks the grow and not because of the titles on their business cards and rigid organisational rank.

Interesting, huh?

Best regards
Hans Henrik