Mainstream media such as television, radio, newspapers were the primary source of reliable information before the epoch of the internet. However, the situation has changed. The evolution of modern technology in the world today has led to the continuous increase in the methods of practicing journalism. Social and technological advancements have not only improved the pace and content of this field’s practice, but has extended its genre to online or cybernetic journalism. (Project for Excellence in Journalism, 2007). News websites most of which are owned by major media companies and alternative websites with user generated content such as social networking sites and blogs are gaining grounds in the journalism field of practice. (Nel, n.d). One of the chief forces affecting the practice of journalism nowadays is online citizen journalists. Nel (n.d) defines citizen journalism as “individuals playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analysing and disseminating news and information”. He further adds that “citizen journalism is slowly being looked upon as a form of rightful democratic ways of giving hones news, articles, etc, directly by citizens of the world from anywhere.” One of the major researches conducted in the field of citizen journalism, describes the phenomenon as “individuals who intend to publish information online, meant to benefit a community”, and this information is expected to benefit the audience or the wider population in making decisions for the improvement of their community. (Carpenter, 2010.)
Diversity in content is probably the most important factor when talking about online journalism. In a recent ECREA journalism conference held at the University of Navarra, one of the burning issues wa...
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...itizen journalism publications have been found to contain or publish topics similar to those of smaller online newspaper publications, covering issues on athletics, human interest and social events. (Tichenor et al, 1980). Meanwhile, larger online newspaper publications according to Shim, (2006), concentrate more on topics such as crime, government and politics. This assertion is confirmed by the Project for Excellence in Journalism (2006), whose research indicates that topics such as government, politics, foreign relations, elections are reported in a larger proportion than entertainment and human interest stories in online newspapers.
HYPERLINKS
Research which has been conducted on the use of hyperlinks or hypertexts in online journalism have relied on the methodology of quantitative content analyses to count the number off links present in online news sites.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the evolution of modern technology has led to the continuous increase in the methods of practicing journalism. news websites owned by major media companies and alternative websites with user generated content are gaining ground in journalism field of practice.
- Explains that the first generation of net news was similar to the old and waning methods of computing characterised by online newspapers with poor interface designs, clumsy connections and unnecessary use of graphic designs.
- Explains the evolution of the internet as a news medium in the 2000's, stating that the third generation of net news engages younger audiences into the world of news and public affairs.
- Explains that the evolution of modern technology has led to the continuous increase in the methods of practicing journalism. news websites owned by major media companies and alternative websites with user generated content are gaining ground in journalism field of practice.
- Explains that the first generation of net news was similar to the old and waning methods of computing characterised by online newspapers with poor interface designs, clumsy connections and unnecessary use of graphic designs.
- Explains the evolution of the internet as a news medium in the 2000's, stating that the third generation of net news engages younger audiences into the world of news and public affairs.
- Argues that content diversity is important in examining online news because it serves varying public functions. consumers should be able to access a broad range of news stories online because different people are interested in different topics.
- Explains that diversity is measured by analysing multiplicity of sources quoted within articles, the variety of staff writing these articles and the diversity of ownership within a particular geographic region.
- Argues that the more topics covered by an online publication, the better the news organisation and the tendency for consumers to read its publications.
- Explains that research on the use of hyperlinks or hypertexts in online journalism relied on quantitative content analyses to count the number off links present in news sites.
- Explains that diversity in content is probably the most important factor when talking about online journalism. the project aims to determine how online citizen journalism and online newspapers is related to diversity of content provided to the audience.
- Argues that the lack of diversity in information due to media laws and gatekeeping has fuelled the emergence of new information sites including those created by online citizen journalists.
- Explains that the key concept of interactivity in online news is its two way communication pattern, allowing users to personalise their online settings by creating user interfaces, creating accounts, and even commenting on news publications online.
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- Explains that being a "good neighbor" is one of the four dimensions of journalism and appeals to women, african americans, and hispanics, which, in our society, are the minorities.
- Explains that journalists are supposed to act as watchdogs, which is parallel to investigative journalism. public journalism is limited to the protection of our government.
- Analyzes how brian l. massey and tanni haas in does making journalism more public make a difference? a critical review of evaluative research on public journalism find that news work practices have limited effects on journalists' attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
- Explains that public journalism is a behavior-change movement whose intermediate goal is to persuade journalists to change their traditional ways by adopting civic-life-friendly news work practices.
- Opines that while traditional journalism is gradually overshadowed by public journalism, there is one distinct element that journalists and their audience still respect, that is objectivity.
- Explains that traditional journalism standards have been ignored and avoided by tom price, author of "journalism standards in the internet age".
- Argues that public journalism is deprived of enough focus to turn into casual banter, leading no where.
- Opines that public journalism is the key to successful journalism in this digital age. the future of journalism seeks a more improved and convenient alternative.
- Argues that traditional journalism must be preserved, but in accommodations with public journalism and their new media.
- Opines that there is a flaw when running into the digitized era of journalism, which is insufficient when reports are posted by anyone, both professional and unprofessional journalists.
- Concludes that public journalism has an innumerable amount of issues that lie in their content, the journalists themselves, and their audience. traditional journalism is good journalism because of their ability to maintain and provide accurate, unbiased reports, while adjusting to technological advancements.
2245 wordsRead More - The Impact of Electronic Media and the Internet on Print Mediaanalytical essayNew technology has developed rapidly since the birth of the internet, and it continues to expand and evolve affecting many domains, especially the print media. This essay will investigate the influence and impact of current technology of the electronic media and World Wide Web on print media, and how future developments in technology will affect the future direction of the traditional newspaper. The way in which “Bloggers” have influenced traditional journalism will also be explored and how this has affected the journalism profession. In addition, the negative impacts of how the electronic media is being used as a political forum will also be investigated. Finally, the author will predict the consequences of future developments in this rapidly growing industry and the implications this may have on the direction of print media.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how new technology has developed rapidly since the birth of the internet, and it continues to expand and evolve affecting many domains, especially the print media.
- Analyzes how technology has put pressure on the traditional newspaper to deliver up-to-the-minute news.
- Argues that other print media have resisted being fully represented on the web, arguing that these same factors are applicable to the internet.
- Analyzes how new technology has developed rapidly since the birth of the internet, and it continues to expand and evolve affecting many domains, especially the print media.
- Analyzes how technology has put pressure on the traditional newspaper to deliver up-to-the-minute news.
- Argues that other print media have resisted being fully represented on the web, arguing that these same factors are applicable to the internet.
- Argues that the accuracy and legitimacy of news items on the internet could be questioned as they are produced by the ordinary lay person.
- Analyzes how the internet has been used by terrorists to communicate messages, ransom demands, and fear. as technology develops, so does the end users experience and knowledge of the every changing technology.
- Posits that the internet will supersede the traditional newspaper over the next twenty years to thirty years.
- Concludes that new technology in the electronic media and the world wide web will continue to play a key role in changing the future direction of the print media.
- Describes fulton, k., "a tour of our uncertain future". columbia journalism review, march/april 1996.
- Explains kelsey, j.f., the next generation newspaper: avoiding future shock, editor & publisher, february 4, 1995.
- States matheson, d. (2004), weblogs and the epistemology of the news: some trends in online journalism.
- Analyzes how rupert murdoch turned a small-town newspaper into an extensive media empire that informs and entertains half the world.
- Explains stahl, j. (2004). islamic fundamentalists adept at using media, analysts say.
1545 wordsRead More - The Future of Journalismopinion essayThirty years ago, if I told you that the primary means of communicating and disseminating information would be a series of interconnected computer networks you would of thought I was watching Star Trek or reading a science fiction novel. In 2010, the future of mass media is upon us today; the Internet. The Internet is and will only grow in the future as the primary means of delivering news, information and entertainment to the vast majority of Americans. Mass media as we know it today will take new shape and form in the next few years with the convergence and migration of three legacy mediums (Television, Radio, Newspaper) into one that is based on the Internet and will replace these mediums forever changing the face of journalism, media and politics. In this paper I will attempt to explain the transition of print media to one of the internet, how the shift to an internet based media environment will impact journalism and mass media, and how this migration will benefit society and forever change the dynamic of news and politics.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the internet is and will only grow in the future as the primary means of delivering news, information and entertainment to the vast majority of americans.
- Explains that 74% of americans use the internet and have access within their household. this ease of use and convenience casts a shadow upon the future of printed and broadcast information.
- Explains that journalism and the news have taken on new forms as communication technology advances.
- Explains that the internet is and will only grow in the future as the primary means of delivering news, information and entertainment to the vast majority of americans.
- Explains that 74% of americans use the internet and have access within their household. this ease of use and convenience casts a shadow upon the future of printed and broadcast information.
- Explains that journalism and the news have taken on new forms as communication technology advances.
- Opines that television and radio have chipped away at much of print media's audience, making news more immediate and simpler for wider consumption by reducing reading elements.
- Explains that the internet boom changed much how we communicate with each other. individuals could e-mail, instant message and chat online nearly as fast as talking on the phone.
- Explains how the news media has become an institution that prevents thinking in a different way by the evolution and establishment of norms, patterns, and routines of behavior.
- Explains the current state of news media as reported in the pew research center project for excellence in journalism: state of the news media 2010.
- Opines that the newspaper industry is frantically trying to reinvent itself and transition themselves smoothly into an online only world while maintaining its readership and monetizing its online operation.
- Argues that the newspaper industry cannot simply turn over its product on a new medium with the same pretenses it had before.
- Proposes a hybrid of the current state of free online newspapers supported by ads and an ala carte payment system with itunes style pricing of traditional in-depth journalism articles.
- Explains that because the internet is easily trackable, you could deliver customized daily online newspapers that would give you content and recommend paid articles that you would be interested in based on what you click on and search for.
- Argues that the shift from the traditional journalism of the past to the new proposed model with the symbiosis of current internet methods of communication (blogs, twitter, facebook etc.) and traditional print media will forever change the news landscape.
- Opines that even though the future of newspapers and print media is very gloomy right now, once newspapers develop a model that can incorporate and transition traditional news along with current web and online media, they will make an unexpected comeback.
1581 wordsRead More - The Importance of Globalizationanalytical essayQuinn, S., & Lamble, S. (2008). Online newsgathering: Research and reporting for journalism. Boston: Focal Press.
In this essay, the author
- Explains how globalisation influenced business journalism in the asian financial crisis in 1997. the internet brought opportunities and threats to the industry, such as loosing professionalism and news variety.
- Explains castells, m. (2008), the new public sphere: global civil society, communication networks, and global governance.
- States that fenton, n., new media, old news: journalism and democracy in the digital age.
- Explains how globalisation influenced business journalism in the asian financial crisis in 1997. the internet brought opportunities and threats to the industry, such as loosing professionalism and news variety.
- Explains castells, m. (2008), the new public sphere: global civil society, communication networks, and global governance.
- States that fenton, n., new media, old news: journalism and democracy in the digital age.
- Opines that social media for journalists: principles & practice.
- Analyzes the structure of foreign news: the presentation of the congo, cuba and cyprus crises in four norwegian newspapers.
- Analyzes how the internet contributes to globalization and its impact on economy and culture, while business journalism is facing opportunities and threats.
- Analyzes how the asian financial crisis in 1997 triggered political upheaval in south korea and indonesia. the internet facilitates space and speed in reporting news, and journalists can do their research without leaving their newsroom.
- Argues that technology brings benefits to business journalism as demand to the online news became higher, but journalists paid less time on checking the news as requirement to speed of producing news increased.
- Argues that business journalism is facing a great competition in the news industry as the market entries become easier.
- Explains that global news agencies can affect news coverage in other countries because they rely on "wholesales" agencies on information, pictures, and sound records.
- Introduces held, d. and mcgrew, a. goldblatt, and perraton, j. global transformations: politics, economics and culture.
- Explains mautner, g., wood, e. m. and foster, j. b.
- Explains merrill, j. c., and quinn, s. (2008). global journalism: a survey of the world's mass media.
- Explains robinson, s., and sinclair, j. the institutionalization of online news and the creation of a shared journalistic authority.
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