The WebCred conference this morning was lively and fun, but/and very civilized. Not much red meat out there, for better or for worse.
I’d say that bloggers and the cross-over types, talked way more than journalists. Most of the discussion focused on what’s great about blogs and citizen journalism and the opportunity of the technologists; second-most, I’d say was about the crisis facing journalism; and not all that much about journalists defending their profession or taking on the perceived or real shorcomings of the blogosphere.
I suspect that there’ll be something of a shift of emphasis as we move on to new topics and as the Shorenstein team picks up the moderating duties. (Great live-blogging in many places; see esp. BuzzMachine.)
Judith Donath, prof at MIT, is talking about signaling and reputation. Join the IRC channel and/or the audio webcast. We’re endeavoring to bring in comments from the IRC where we can, as we did in the morning session with a few comments from Hoder.
What are the repercussions online, with respect to links and other elements of the web, of not being credible?
How will we all help address the crisis facing journalism?
How will we ensure that the web is credible?
How will we stand up for democracy?
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