Multimedia Journalism
Facebook, Twitter and Youtube are the leaders in multimedia journalism in my opinion. However it’s important to retain a format that is unique to your site…this now seems to be an issue for Facebook. It looks exactly like Twitter…not good. If Facebook somehow feels threatened by the likes of Twitter, it doesn’t need to be. Facebook offers so much more than just a status update but now that’s all you really see on the homepage. WHY did developers feel the need to change it?! Now that my frustrations have been released about the new Facebook platform…
Something I’ve noticed about multimedia journalism are the ever increasing issues of copyright infringement. Sure I’m as guilty as the next posting videos on Facebook that I find humorous or posting pictures on my blog that I either comment on or like…but if it’s not attributed in any way…that my friend is copyright infringement. In my trade magazine writing class I covered the photography business and the issues of copyright infringement online. It’s something that is really turning their world upside down with bloggers using their images as they please without the slightest bit of attribution. It really made me more conscious with how I use photos and/or videos. There are so many technicalities behind what is really considered infringment but how would you like it if your hard work was being taken by random people and placed all over the Internet without any kind of retribution? Software like Picscout is being developed in order to hold the rights of copyright holders and track how photos specifically are being used online by a number of methods. For instance creating a digital fingerprint for each photo or group of photos. Overall, multimedia although entertaining and useful, can also put a damper on creators.
