But nowadays, online journalism has
become a platform for some people to become journalist of their own. Much
online journalism such as a registered company tend to think that they have the
privilege to say whatever they want to say without thinking about the consequences
that can affect many people and also affect the country itself.
The above website is a popular blog
that always spread rumours about bad things that does not have any evidence but
more likely to make allegation base on the logical thinking itself. Many
readers that want to gain information about bad things that Malaysian leaders
have done is from this blog. As I mention just now, online journalism is a
place where people can say whatever they want whenever they want on what
matters they want without being scared of the law applied by the printed media.
The internet is a place for people to express their opinion base on any
resource that they think it’s true. That is what’s happening in our country.
Some people say maybe our current government will fall because of the role the
internet has played. The power of the internet can be seen in the missing plane
MH370 whereby many of our citizens has spread rumours and speculation about the
missing airplane and many people believe on that speculation rather than
believing the print media itself. Why? Because the information given in the
internet is more rather than the printed media and we all know that basic human
instinct, people want excessive information about what they are curious about
As we can see, the speculation about
MH370 really affects the mind of the citizen thus it gave them false
information about things that are not certain. This can be a reflection towards
Online Journalism. Online Journalism is a powerful tool on moulding people’s
mind and like the speculation of MH370, the speculation about bad things that
happens in Malaysia can destroy the peace and harmony of Malaysia.
