Your shout!

" Your shout" is a shoutbox/forum service provided by the BBC internet site. It gives the ability to post your comments on various subjects that occur the large area of Birmingham city.

Attemting to analyse on how successful this forum is could ba a confusing task. However, in our case it is obvious that the shoutbox is effective as people tend to post comments and expand more on topics such as "Do you think it's right for the media to class Aston and Handsworth as a no go zone?". Through the discussion board of this site we can observe how local people interfere with media and that through the use of media they express themselves.

The use of this meticulous type of online journalism, in this case can be accommodating for the majority of people who would like to discuss the problems of their local community freely. Moreover, "Your shout" is not just a way of expressing your beliefs on different issues but the fact that the identity of people is not reveiled, gives the advantage of 100% realistic comments.

This forum application without a doubt provides a different prespective of news as the information which is given by the people who make a post, is certainly more pure in the sense of expressing themlves without bothering if what they are stating is incorrect. This oftenly leads to us to find really important elements of the local everyday life that would not be in a different kind of Journalism.

The qualities that make a good example of this particular type of online journalism are the fact that this internet forum gives the chance to people who live and Birmingham to express their views on issues that are not discussed and additionally to state what they actually believe.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/astonuncovered/your_shout.shtml

Media Forum

This forum has all the main functions that a forum/message board should have. It is a virtual media community based on media issues mainly. By visiting this forum you can directly look on the different threads (latest threads, article reviews etch.) and post a reply or start your own one.

Members of the specific forum tend to post a topic which consists of a list of questions or statements, which are manipulated by other members.http://www.short-media.com/forum/index.php

Journalism Forums

This forum site specialises on Journalistic issues mainly. It is divided in different parts depending on the area you are interested in.

More specifically, each different area such as critisism, freelance, newspapers include more in depth topics where anyone who is interested can post a comment or even start his own discussion board.

Source: http://www.journalismtalk.com/index.php

Forums,message boards...

My name is Konstantinos Michaleas and I'm resaerching into Internet Forums.

An Internet Forum or a Message Board is one of the endless options that are provided to users while using the web and they are used just by entering one or by using specific software. It is a way of interaction and communication between numerous internet users.

Forums give the ability to internet users to post new threads/discussion topics or even reply to other people's threads. The features that are included in Forums vary.