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Journalism and the Web

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.

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Journalism and the Web

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  1. Journalism and the Web

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. Irony • Demand for news is high but people are not willing to pay for it. • Comparable to the music industry.

  5. Consumers of Journalism • Free news on web. • Search engines changing readers’ habits. • Greater and quicker searching capabilities.

  6. 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”

  7. Online Newspapers • The Washington Post • The New York Times • Global access • HTML does not spell salvation. • Fees?

  8. The New York Times • Nytimes.com • TimesSelect • No to subscriptions • Who are the competitors?

  9. News Aggregation Websites • Contains collected headlines • Yahoo! News, Google News, Drudge Report, Huffington Post and breitbart.com • Google Fast Flip • Anachronistic • Failures of print

  10. Flaws • “Data Smog”- Journalist David Shenk • Volume overwhelming • Difficult to navigate • 80% contains newspaper content • Newspaper industry being ripped-off

  11. 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

  12. Citizen Journalism • Good or Bad? • Yahoo! Buzz and Digg • Community based • Citizens and Journalists collaborating

  13. 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.”

  14. Hybrid Form • Part-print and part-internet • AnnArbor.com • Limited printed editions • Social interaction

  15. Death or Rebirth? • Cannot simply copy-and-paste • Mobile devices like the iPhone • Interactive multimedia • Layout of Print • Minority Report’se-Newspaper

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