Nietzsche e Jornalismo Cidadão
Interessante, embora sem muito desenvolvimento, o post do Masters of Media, Mobile phone makes the sovereign man? Analyzing citizen journalism with Nietzsche in mind. O texto busca compreender, a partir de Nietzsche, o “citizen journalism”. Interessante é a citação onde Nietzsche fala dos jornalistas, mas que poderia ser generalizada para a bloguosfera. Viver no limite do presente, tentando postar tudo que aparece “agora”, sem muita ou nenhuma reflexão, essa me parece ser a grande armadilha dos blogs e do jornalismo cidadão. Vários blogs so são copy and past de noticias de outras fontes (gatewatching?) sem nada adicionar. Devemos tentar, a todo instante, parar para pensar, adicionar conteúdo ao que postamos e não apenas virar vítima do presente e do “último sucesso da última semana”. Como em toda inclusão, é preciso se auto-excluir para melhor pensar e compreender a cibercultura. Parar, dar um tempo, desconectar é fundamental para exercer, justamente, a potência da conexão.
“Nietzsche’s criticism of the mass culture emerged along with the rise of popular literature, journalism, and the modern press. With the explosive rise of weblogs, mobile devices, and online video, traditional journalism has been contested and challenged by a new model of journalism called citizen journalism. With Nietzsche’s critique of mass society in mind, can we actually consider citizen journalism as the upsurge of strong individuals whose works transcend their present condition and liberate them from authority, custom morality, or even religion? (…) According to Nietzsche, journalistic culture as part of the mass culture would gradually substitute true culture:
The journalist, the master of the moment, is a slave to the present, the ways of thinking and fashion. He writes about artists and thinkers and slowly takes their place, destroying their work. But, while the journalist lives off the moment, thanks to the genius of other men, the great works of artists emanate the desire to survive and surpass time though the power of their creations. (Nietzsche 1870-1873)”