Kottke.org weblog has conducted an interesting survey. To decide which media type has more influence today. Newspapers' online websites, blogs or citizen media sites.
The news media is changing. While in the past big newspapers and magazines had the authority over news, it seems like it is changing in favor of other types of media.
The contesters:
New York Times – one of the most respected and leading newspapers.
Blogs - by individuals and groups who catch the news and spread it via feeds.
Citizen media – Websites such as wikipedia.com who accept posts from their users.
The rules:
Google is the judge. The decision, which source is more important is made according to the Google position on the keywords representing key news events.
Check out the findings at http://www.kottke.org/06/01/blogs-versus -the-ny-times-in-google
