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# Authority is a Social Construct, Not An Objective One
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2007/09/authority_is_a_social_construct_not_an_objective_o/
- Published: 2007-09-08T10:24:37.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T12:43:36.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: authority, Blogging, distributed authority, Journalism, Journalists, relevance

I’d just like to draw people’s attention to a really excellent comment [Olivier Amprimo](http://www.headshift.com/about/team.cfm?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) of [Headshift](http://www.headshift.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) left on a earlier post about [the relationship between authority, research and blogging:](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2007/09/research%5Fbefore%5Fyou%5Fwrite%5Feven%5Fabout%5Fblogs.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#comment-164983)

> Blog reluctants don’t know how to filter informations with tag filters and RSS feeds.  
> They don’t understand – or maybe they understand too well – that what  
> is at stake is not relevance or objectivity but rather how this objectivity is socially  
> built. That is an epistemological debate and it does  
> have an impact on certain professions. We have been used to build it on  
> diplomas or professional ethic codes (journalists, physicians,  
> university professors) for ages. This was a (ancient Greek-like) way to  
> organise a stable society. We have completely overlooked the fact that,  
> no matter the diploma or ‘business’ card, relevance is an ever-going  
> and demanding process.

It’s a thought-provoking and challenging reply, that’s helping reshape my idea of journalistic authority and relevance.