In Jay Rosen’s blog post entitled “The People Formerly Known as the Audience”, there are many interesting points brought up. One that I find particularly interesting is the role in which people play with the media. Whereas, media content used to be one sided and a majority of people were just on the receiving end, it is not like that today. However, as Rosen stated in his blog post there are not too many speakers and the speakers will listen to each other. Information is shared by all the users of the media, which is what makes it such a good experience. The people using the media give information about things others may have not known about and you can pick and choose which information you want to be informed about. If you allow people to express themselves they will do it and in doing so they find others who share the same feelings that they do and different organizations can be developed because of it .
With the development of different organizations or groups media is dispersed in ways that were not available to others before. There is a vast number of people who use social networking sites so just posting information on these sites allows for widespread information to be spread at rapid speeds. This is not something that old media people should be intimitated by it is something that should be embraced because we can do so much with media now and at such a fast pace.
I agree with your post people will find others on the internet who share the same experiences or feelings. The internet has allowed for a wider more broad connection between the world. People might be sharing thoughts with one another and they can be miles apart.
You made a good point of the new interactive media world being embraced by media professionals. People tend to be threatened by new ideas if it takes them out of their comfort zone. The media professionals need to jump on the bandwagon and come up with new fresh ideas that allow us all to express ourselves together.
While the post mirrors many of my own feelings, wanting the old guard of the media to accpt change is a pipe dream. These industries are famous for their battles against progress (The film industry vs the VHS stands out the most) despite any potential benefits. Established media only supports new forms of media if they created it.