Tot legat de etica bloggerilor

Rebecca Blood spune in cartea ei The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog:

“Weblogs are the mavericks of the online world. Two of their greatest strengths are their ability to filter and disseminate information to a widely dispersed audience, and their position outside the mainstream of mass media. Beholden to no one, weblogs point to, comment on, and spread information according to their own, quirky criteria.

Let me propose a radical notion: The weblog’s greatest strength — its uncensored, unmediated, uncontrolled voice — is also its greatest weakness.”

Argumenteaza astfel necesitatea existentei unor standarde minime de etica in lumea bloggerilor si propune 6 reguli, pe care sunt sigura ca majoritatea dintre noi le respectam:

• publica pe blog doar informatii care crezi ca sunt adevarate
• daca citezi un material online, insereaza un link spre acesta
• in cazul unei informatii publicate gresit, scrie o nota explicativa
• daca revii asupra unei insemnari publicate deja, adauga, dar nu o modifica sau sterge in totalitate
• dezvaluie orice conflict de interese
• specifica sursele nesigure.

Intr-un comentariu la A Bloggers’ Code of Ethics, tot Rebecca spune:

“In my book I argue at length that weblogs are not a new form of journalism, and shouldn’t aspire to be so–I think we’re stronger (and more important and more interesting) as something different, and trying to fit us into a pre-existing mold, to my mind, misses the point.

For that reason, in thinking about ethics for weblogging, I discarded the journalistic standard of accuracy and fairness. That’s unrealistic, and not really in the spirit of what we’re doing. The standard I arrived at was transparency, and I derived each of guideline from that principle.”

Cred ca putem ajunge impreuna la un set minim de reguli, pe care sa-l publicam poate aici pe netoo si cei care dorim sa il promovam sa specificam lucrul acesta printr-un icon pe blogul propriu.

Poate fi adoptarea acestor reguli de etica un prim proiect netoo.

Pentru a fi mai simplu de urmarit discutiile de pe bloguri referitoare la etica, putem folosi un tag Technorati, de exemplu eticaBloguri.

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