Is blogging journalism?

DEFINITION OF A BLOG: a series of updated posts on a web page in the form of a diary or journal, often including commentary on, and hypertext links to, other web site.

"They are opinionated, ranting, often incoherent and frequently biased with little regard for accuracy or balance." This is the opinion held by many when it comes to bloggers. Blogging has recently emerged as a new way to communicate views and opinions on a menagerie of subjects. But the real question is; is blogging really journalism?

Blogging has taken the virtual world by storm. Vast amounts of bloggers are constantly ranting and raving about something; from the war on terror and the latest presidential elections, to Lady Gaga's latest fashion faux pas, and who is Katie Price dating now? Journalism is made up of the concept of explaining and putting forth your view on a subject, but whether blogging falls under the journalism category, I'm not sure. Journalism is more about reporting the news, and to an extent it is supposed to be entertaining, but we don't need constant video feeds and links to tell us so. Because remember, can we really trust everything we read on the internet? In my opinion blogging isn't true journalism. When dissected it is compiled from aspects of journalism, but as a whole it's literally just you portraying your heart felt opinion on something and not looking at the facts. It's predominantly a very amateur way of putting your journalistic view across, it doesn't quite tick all the boxes.

However, some blogs, very few, provide an equal balance between entertainment, fact and opinion. Blogging is also comprised of having a 'blog format' and a prime example of these attributes is http://www.culturebully.com/, which you can see below...

 It provides the reader with new music in the form of reviews, features and music videos, giving you the chance to listen to the music to form your own opinion. So from this angle I can see how blogging is journalism.

Quotes taken from: http://www.journalism.co.uk/news-features/blogging-the-new-journalism-/s5/a5604/