Advisory Quote by Eric Alterman
“If bloggers are to improve our public discourse - helping busy and usually uninformed people make sense of the world - it is necessary to use some sort of standard with which to judge their reliability. Perhaps the answer (strictly advisory) is a body of their peers. Perhaps not.”
About This Quote
Source Essay: Media Critique, Eric Alterman, 2009
Assessing blog reliability requires a shared standard, possibly peer review, to help uninformed readers navigate information.
In simple terms: Use a standard to judge blog reliability.
Adopt peer review for blogs.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- news consumption
- academic research
- online education
- policy making
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How can we create fair standards for all blogs?
- What role should readers play in evaluating credibility?
Peer standards may be hard to enforce across diverse platforms.