Women in the workplace is a strong topic that has been in debate for many years. I am personally effected by this topic and have done much research into how I can try and succeed. The glass ceiling is real, the stereotypes are there, and the confidence is lacking.
In order to break the glass ceiling and rise to the top, we as women need to have confidence and work as hard as we can. There are women out there who took the opportunity to create their own businesses. I believe this is a brilliant idea.
When others won't help, just do it yourself!
Below is a Storify element that I made which touches on different thoughts, opinions, and conversations regarding women in the workplace.
Enjoy!
https://storify.com/shannmedia/who-is-the-breadwinner
Thursday 11 July 2013
Monday 8 July 2013
Unpredictable
Do you
trust someone on Twitter for accurate information? For me I can go either way.
Hearing from the public will bring up many questions of reliability and
accuracy. As you mentioned in your comment it is more interesting to read a
citizen journal than the traditional news. I agree with this and I believe it
is mainly because it is informal and not lengthy. Not many people are
interested in reading a 1000 worded news report; they just want to know exactly
what is going on in 100 words or less.
CP24
is great for this on Twitter. They do have their traditional reports which are
on their website, but they post a very short and to the point post on Twitter.
What I find really helpful is that they attach the link to the report they have
on their site. This enables the follower to read more into the bulletin if they
are interested in the details. Getting more information can be important,
especially if it affects you personally. A few days ago there was a Twitter
post on CP24 about a fire burning down houses, and it just so happened this was
only a couple blocks away from me. I then proceeded to read the detailed report
to find out who was involved and what exactly happened.
I
continue to believe CP24 is a great example of how Twitter is effective aside
from linking to external sites. They also promote users to have conversation on
certain topics. A great example is tonight with the big flooding in Toronto. On
the news they are saying if you want to tweet them, post pictures, or ask questions,
to hashtag them at #TorontoFlood. This creates a wall of conversation on what
is happening and the different situations people are in.
Citizen
journalism is being promoted on our most trusted sites and TV networks. What
will this do to the traditional journalism? Why buy a newspaper when you have a
week’s worth of papers on your phone for free? I feel that the traditional way
will fizzle out but those journalists will find a way to get into our
technology focused society eventually.
Thursday 4 July 2013
Not Complete
The primary function of citizen
journalism is to get information out to the rest of the public as quickly and
accurately as possible. This is the act of collecting, analyzing and publishing
information and facts, breaking news, and up-dates. It is basically what a
journalist does except it is the general public’s input. This does cause an
issue for the traditional journalist because they have to compete with the
speed of a citizen journalist. In a breaking news event the news company “may
still be scrambling to get their reporters to the scene and find footage of the
events”[1] where an
onsite individual may be recording and publishing what is going on from the
instant it happened. These days the way
people are getting ‘the word’ out is through a website called Twitter. This
site is open to anyone and is used to display statuses, updates and sometimes
pictures.
Twitter is a great way to get fast
information and even connections to similar topics. When using this site there
is something called a hashtag, which will “enable public conversations by
large groups of Twitter users without each participating user needing to
subscribe to the update feeds of all other participants”[2].
Whether it is current news or if it is just general conversation on the topic,
an individual can follow it by using the hashtag. This just increases the speed
to which individuals get information and updates and functions “as an
early warning detection system for breaking news and then delivering a stream
of real-time data as events unfold”[3]. Twitter enables the citizen
journalist to be collective and current. Having all of the public’s input will
allow for all points of view and to hear any arguments or thoughts on the
topic.
I personally have a
twitter account which I use when I have something I want to share. There are a
fair number of people that I follow on Twitter who are constantly updating and
announcing recent events. Most of my posts are personal thoughts and feelings
about something, but nothing that really effects anyone else. This means I am
not a citizen journalist because I am not analyzing and collecting news or main
events that affect everyone. I do follow
individuals and organizations that continuously keep me up to date, example:
CP24, Sportsnet 590, and the Weather Network. Their posts benefit me because it
allows me to stay current and to know what is going on in areas I wouldn’t otherwise
hear about.
“The emergence of Twitter as a
source for breaking news, and the speed at which information is disseminated on
the network, is placing further strain on established journalistic practices”[4]. The
validity and professionalism on Twitter is questionable,
because that isn’t the point of it. The posts on Twitter are not meant to be
professionally written, they are just meant to be quick posts to get other
people ‘in the loop’. It is very easy to post and be heard on Twitter because
of the “underlying
social, organizational, and technological structures [that] make it
exceptionally easy for users to participate in such ambient journalism
processes”[5].
Having this access allows for frequent, current, collaborative posts that open
up the news to a wider perspective.
Overall,
I believe the ease of access to Twitter and the posting of news, events, and
any other public matter means that online citizen journalism will continue to
grow. I don’t believe I will truly be a part of this environment because I
don’t have the time to continuously update my Twitter. I will continue to
follow those who do make these posts and every now and then comment. But I do
not believe I could ever be a true citizen journalist. I don’t believe that the
citizen journalist is taken seriously enough for me to want to become more
involved. In my view, a citizen journalist using Twitter serves an important
function; something like an alarm bell. However, once I have been alerted to a
situation I will tune into a traditional source of journalism to receive a full
and accurate account of what is happening or what has happen.
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