| Heading to the African continent is easy these | | | | The divisions amid social media have recently |
| days; you simply need to jump on the web and | | | | gathered frequently to discuss censorship, |
| visit a news portal that directly involves you with | | | | regulations, and even blogging in the realm of |
| the news and happenings in Africa. Having | | | | news portals. There have been heavy discussions |
| developed a strong relationship with Web 2.0, the | | | | whether other media producers might join in the |
| African continent is connected with the | | | | revolutionary social media. There are many issues |
| international community and allows worldwide | | | | that centre around the relevancy of blogging and |
| visitors to utilize key buzzwords to travel | | | | the news, and whether or not news bloggers |
| intimately into the news of the continent. | | | | should be added to the mainstream news media. |
| Domestically, with Web 2.0, the African continent | | | | Despite the news media debates, the importance |
| is connected through social bookmarking | | | | and relevancy of Web 2.0 and social bookmarking |
| networks, such as AfricaNe.ws, which develop and | | | | networks is making a deep impact for African |
| strengthen the relationships between all of the | | | | news, both domestically and internationally. By |
| countries and people in the continent. By | | | | bringing people and countries together, social |
| encouraging individuals to choose the most | | | | bookmarking networks have allowed people to link |
| relevant and important news stories, the | | | | together on the net and experience cultural |
| information is organic, unfiltered, and comes | | | | growth. It has been an important step in |
| straight from the people. Thus, the news that is | | | | distributing real, relevant, and organic African news |
| derived from this process is real and important, | | | | to others around the world. |
| without any filters created by news organizations | | | | With the advent of Web 2.0 and social |
| in other countries. The current events and news, | | | | bookmarking networks such as AfricaNe.ws, |
| as told by the first-hand witnesses on the African | | | | people are connecting with the African countries, |
| continent, is broadcasted all over the world. | | | | both domestically and internationally. Breaking |
| Fundamentally, with a social bookmarking network, | | | | down international boundaries, social bookmarking |
| the fundamentals of discrimination and filtering are | | | | networks bring people closer together. Through |
| eliminated. The grassroots news and information | | | | the process of creating, producing, and sharing |
| about the African continent can flow across | | | | web content, Web 2.0 news portals continue to |
| international boundaries, without any type of | | | | empower individuals to share with the world |
| filtration or suppression. When an user engages | | | | relevant, real news and events. This process in |
| with Web 2.0, they take the news into their own | | | | itself provides the news media with unfiltered |
| hands by having the ability to connect with the | | | | news stories that come straight from the people |
| African continent, collaborate with others, and | | | | of the African continent. |
| share information with the world. Web 2.0 and | | | | Web 2.0 and African social bookmarking networks |
| social bookmarking networks allow people, both | | | | will make a tremendous impact on the domestic |
| domestically and internationally, to make a real | | | | and international communities, with the important, |
| connection with the countries in the African | | | | real news stories connecting people and the news |
| continent. | | | | media around the world. |