Panel explores credibility

In the age of growing technology, journalism has been influenced in a major way.

"Bloggers vs. Journalism."  is a SXSW panel that informed, analyzed, and broke down the comparison between opinion and fact.

Jay Rosen, Associated Professor of Journalism at New York University, wrote an essay juxtaposing journalism and the blogging world.

In Rosen's essay, he investigates that the root of the issue lies a psychological distinction of the different types of writing by journalists and bloggers.

Newspapers, especially major ones like the New York Times, are known as credible sources for information that pertains to current events, politics, arts and music, and much more.

Many large publications have attempted to digitalized their news by upgrading their websites and allowing downloadable applications for readers to view on laptops, iPads, or any other portable devices.

While newspapers have changed the way their information can be viewed, a drastic change is taking place just below the view of the readers of each.

Blogging is a new outlet of developing, sharing, and editorializing news.

Despite the fact that newspapers have attempted to change accordingly to people's demands, the growing popularity of blogs "masquerading" as credible sources can no longer be ignored.

Rosen points out that pro-journalists feel a sense of fear over losing credibility and exclusiveness over the presentation of written facts through a newspaper.

Pro-bloggers essentially create a writing outlet that typically mimicks a form of journalism that is achieved by professional journalists.

The cure to this feud Rosen presents, is merging the world of bloggers and journalists to give each other a chance to collaborate together or settle on a small amount of respect for one another.

This sounds much more simple in that, but in the age of social media, as Rosen says, "Learn to wear the mask if you want to join the club."