VW Golf Club Kazakhstan
At this post I really want to express my opinion of OPJ in Kazakhstan. What is Online Participatory Journalism? Different people understand this words in different meaning and they have a lot of opinions that may vary… do you think the weblogs that you created could be considered as an example of Online Participatory Journalism? Some of you will say “yes, it is” and some of you will say “no, it’s not”. It is called “Differences Opinion”…
There are many-many websites in KazNet (Kazakhstan Network) that can be seen as an example of OPJ in Kazakhstan. I choose one that is very close for me and I find it interesting. That is Volkswagen Golf Club Kazakhstan. VWGC is a website that’s dedicated to the auto fans and mostly to the people who own the car of that brand. The Club has a huge number of members that interact with each other, so it is as a big community. The site also has blogs, chat and forum where everybody can take part in different disscussions and find answers to the questions they really want to.
This is the group project. The authors of the website are young people from Almaty city. I know all of them and actually confidently can say that they are devoted to their work. The project was prepered and implemented to loyal fans of VW Golf. In the site of the Club you will get to know a lot of interesting and useful stuff… at least you will definetly find something new. The members of the community can post and publish interesting articles, facts and not only in their blogs and forum, but also in the site… of course after the administration gives permission to do so. That’s why I see it as a good example of Kazakhstani OPJ.
