Digital Journalism: The Problem Of Online Journalism

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Online journalism is a media with a mixture of internet, photographs, and videos. On the online articles, there are additional links for transparency, information that explain the articles and exchange different opinions on the internet (Humprecht and Esser 1). The problem of online journalism is that people cannot figure out if they are reading a real article or a tabloid. Katharine Viner, a Guardian writer, assets that people likely spread alternative facts without noticing. Also, she points out that news industries struggle to increase their profits. Technology advancement causes online stories to spread out and people overlook those fake facts without doubting. In order to solve this problem, online news must tell the truth (Humprecht and Frank 16), news industries need plans to maintain their position as news providers (Viner) and people need the skill to find which articles are true. I have chosen this topic because this is my area of interest. Journalism has changed its shape to assimilate with the digital world. Since I plan to major in journalism at university, I thought this
As the technology developed, social networks and online media modified the news transportation. Internet websites can share news reports online and people can respond to those reports. The usage of devices like smartphones are crucial for journalists give accurate information. Pictures and videos can be taken from local people and can be shared with one click (Rutenberg). Jon Mitchell, an investigative journalist in Okinawa, believes that digital media have an extreme effect on everyone in the world. He also states the media format is evolving normally. The crucial stories are swiftly told to people with ease. “Also [digital journalism] is very democratic and gives power to regular people - not the elites” (Kageyama). Online media can be seen easily with people who are not familiar with the

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