"Now that everyone is at risk of blogging or being blogged, what recourse do we have against unscrupulous bloggers?"

Michael Gartenberg | December 22, 2004, 09:05 AM

This week's coverage of weblogs from the NY Times

"Unconstrained by journalistic conventions, bloggers are blurring the lines between public events and ordinary social interactions and changing the way we date, work, teach and live. And as blogs continue to proliferate, citizens will have to develop new understandings about what parts of our lives are on and off the record."

It's not just business weblogs that can get you into trouble, personal weblogs can do the trick as well. With the advent of cameraphones, moblogs and the ability for anyone with a weblog to become a publisher (or with podcasting, a broadcaster) lots of issues about privacy are emerging. It's another case of the differences between the bloggers and journalists. What are the rules of "ethical" blogging?

NY Times Magazine piece: " As personal blogging proliferates, an etiquette is beginning to emerge." Thoughtful article on links between openness, transparency, gossip and just plain venting in cyberspace.
[Susan Mernit's Blog]