New media and blog: based on foreign, domestic experience

Abstract

In this article the author talks about new media and blogging in particular. He noted
that emergence of the Internet has become a great achievement for communication field, especially for
journalism. He analyzes technical and technological modernization that took place in journalism with
the rise of the Internet, as well as their benefits. He talks about blog and blogging concepts, which were
accompanied by the new media. He looks for answers to questions about what blog is and who is a blogger.
He writes about bloggers’ place in society, their style of work and blogging in Kazakhstan. He draws
attention to issues considered in blogging, legal and ethical norms. He gives examples about foreign and
domestic bloggers. He also gives theoretical and practical examples from the works of domestic and foreign
scientists. He noted that such concepts as civil journalism, new media and blogging were fully entrenched
and widely spread among the population in Kazakhstan. He makes prognosis about civil journalism in our
country