Transformative processes of blogosphere and Internet journalism

Abstract

This investigation considers the main features and directions of citizen internet journalism development, professionalization of blog platforms, which have become an instrument for communication between people, and regulation of blog platforms, where they can share their opinions, news, analyses, and emotions about different themes. The information transmitting processes over the last 5 years in Kazakhstan, with the growing influence of bloggers on society, changes in the traditional journalism content and journalistic articles on websites. Rapid progress in the field of computer technology, the emergence and development of the Internet are making significant changes to the modern information and communication environment. The Internet has become a powerful information space, covering in varying degrees all aspects of public lifein Kazakhstan. In the new environment, the Internet media sector is actively developing and playing a significant role. The advent of the Internet forces us to rethink previously established concepts and categories in discussions about the media, to take a different look at traditional communications and information transmission processes. Against the backdrop of the crisis of classical media, new public models of informing the public and commenting on the news appear, which are less limited by various kinds of control, as well as economically less expensive, due to the reduction of their production and distribution costs. Network circumstances, which have become an important transforming factor for journalism as a profession (and as an educational and career path), began to have a significant impact on the entire media communications industry from about the beginning of the 2000s. These factors and their impact were a direct result of the rapid spread of the Internet as a communication platform. Changes’ analysis in the phenomena of the blogging sphere is useful, as well as their influence on professional media.