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Journalism and the Web
Newspapers used to make the news. Now, they are the news.
• Rupert Murdock• Cyclical trough• Decline in paid
circulation• Bankruptcy• Causal factors: economy
and internet
The Newspaper
• Newspaper seen as a “living text”.
• Documenting history as it occurred.
• Changed very little since.
Disadvantages:• Updated daily.• Failed to keep up with
advancing society.• Yesterday’s news.
Irony
• Demand for news is high but people are not willing to pay for it.
• Comparable to the music industry.
Consumers of Journalism
• Free news on web.• Search engines changing readers’ habits.• Greater and quicker searching capabilities.
RSS Feed• Really simple
syndication or rich site summary.
• Frequently updated.• Feed Readers: iGoogle,
My Yahoo and MSN.• Constant breaking News
ticker• “Internet killed the
newspaper star”
Online Newspapers
• The Washington Post• The New York Times• Global access
• HTML does not spell salvation.
• Fees?
The New York Times
• Nytimes.com• TimesSelect• No to subscriptions• Who are the
competitors?
News Aggregation Websites
• Contains collected headlines
• Yahoo! News, Google News, Drudge Report, Huffington Post and breitbart.com
• Google Fast Flip• Anachronistic• Failures of print
Flaws
• “Data Smog”- Journalist David Shenk
• Volume overwhelming• Difficult to navigate• 80% contains
newspaper content• Newspaper industry
being ripped-off
Internet vs. Newspaper
• Issues of authority and reliability
• Who can we trust?• Blogs and Twitter vs.
pure Journalism• Death of reliable news?• Accountability
substituted by Bloggers
Citizen Journalism
• Good or Bad?• Yahoo! Buzz and Digg• Community based• Citizens and Journalists
collaborating
Future
• Meyer predicts September 2043• Perhaps sooner? • URLs are here to stay• Must embrace new media• Nick Bilton: “Paper is dying but it’s just a device.
Replacing it with pixels is a better experience.”
Hybrid Form
• Part-print and part-internet• AnnArbor.com• Limited printed editions• Social interaction
Death or Rebirth?
• Cannot simply copy-and-paste• Mobile devices like the iPhone• Interactive multimedia• Layout of Print• Minority Report’s e-Newspaper