Blog Ethics

I came across an article, which talks about blogging ethics early this morning on our University’s official paper, The Varsitarian. It features some of the most well known Journalists like John Nery. There, they talked about the thin line between blogging and journalism. They emphasized that not all bloggers are journalist at the same time. And the ethics in journalism is not the same with the blogging ethics code. It is just a revision of the journalist ethics code.

They pointed out some of the effects that blogging can do in someone’s life. The article said that, “Responsible bloggers should recognize that they are publishing words publicly, and therefore have certain obligations to their readers, the people they write about, and society in general.” I agree much with this, because I know a lot of people who do not know about these basic things in blogging and I hope that they will read this and will serve as an eye opener for them. One more thing about blogging is, one must provide a feedback loop so wrong information can be corrected and opinions can be heard.

A blogger must remember, “The web has a long memory. Almost everything you put there can still be found even if you have already erased them.” True enough. Based on my experienced, one of my blog when I was on High School has been a medium of gossips and even lead for people to be mad at me at that time. Even though that I erased that blog, they kept on talking about it, even my teachers and it really freaks me out up to the bones. My gawwdd! And you know what’s the hardest part of dealing with this situation? It is the time when you need to explain everything at the same time for so many times just for them to understand. But regrets does not come in my vision on that time rather I’ve learned some lessons that I should be more careful in using words when I blog. Well I hope that my readers will have their too when they read this.

“In the end it is up to the individual bloggers to choose their own best practices.”
-Cyberjournalist.net