Watchblog

A Watchblog ( Engl. To watch "careful watching") is a not clearly defined form of weblogs . It is often operated by experts on a specific topic, serves to critically observe and assess key developments and actors in the respective field and aims to educate the general public. According to the entire blogosphere , no formal training is generally required to create or collaborate on a watch blog, and in contrast to traditional specialist publications, there is often no editorial preparation or control.

Prominent German watch blogs are for example:

• Image blog and over media ; operated by Stefan Niggemeier and colleagues
• the Austrian media watch blog Kobuk.at
• ORF-watch.at , an Austrian media watch blog by Andreas Unterberger , Kurt Ceipek , Claus Reitan and others

Web links

• Stefan Mesch: Watchblogs: Guardians over the mainstream in: Die Zeit from July 12, 2010, accessed on June 28, 2012
• Matthias Dachtler: Watchblogger - An Individual Ethical Analysis of German Watchblogs - Student thesis in the practical journalism course , Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 2006. Retrieved on August 18, 2013.