...Changing Journalism in the Digital Age Media convergence plays a vital role in the evolution of mass communication and occurs when established technology merge to create new technologies that offer new methods of communication. Reporting the news has drastically changed with media convergence and the internet. In 1998, Dr. Augustine Fou stated the following about this subject: The Internet not only enables but also necessitates the convergence of media types, revenue models, and technologies. In the not-too-distant future, individuals around the world will be able to get information, products, and services from anywhere, at any time, and in any way. This observation by Dr. Fou came true in a major way! With new technologies, such as smart phones, laptops, and other tablets, accessibility to news and media is as easy as it’s ever been. By simply typing a word or phrase into a browser or search engine, any capable person has access to any and every web article, image, and place that the search word appears. This can be a bit overwhelming at times, so a number of online companies have created a main website where the consumer can view content or links of its collective magazines, news articles, etc. A more specific example is the CNN website providing access to more in-depth information branching from its cable news segments (Fou, 1998). The manner in which news is gathered and distributed is the latest and most important change the Internet has introduced...
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...Changing Journalism in the Digital Age Changing Journalism in the Digital Age The evolution of mass communication has seen a change in the way the world receives news and information. With the advent of the Internet and converging media, journalists can bring information to a wider spectrum of audiences through newer methods of communication. New technologies and the increasing rise of social media both as a mean of communication have enabled information to be shared in real-time around the world. In return, this allows people who normally never read a newspaper, to become aware of the journalist’s articles by people they are connected with through social media sites and various means of web browsing. Journalists are increasingly connected to their audiences in comparison to the past days of the printing press. What was normally a newspaper delivered to the front doorstep carrying news that occurred from the previous day, journalism has become mainstream. Journalists at first thought the Internet was to become the demise of the traditional newspaper and therefore eliminate the need for news reporting. However the case, these journalists have discovered that by converging with social media, they can reach a larger spectrum of audiences with their articles and publications. In doing so, the audience are becoming aware of current events as they happen from a local and global standpoint. A journalist can be on the scene of a political event or any...
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...Running head: THE RISE OF DIGITAL JOURNALISM COLLAPSE OF PRINT MEDIA 1 The Democratization of Journalism Alan B Egge University of Maryland University College The internet has fundamentally changed how news is distributed by democratizing the creation and consumption of news. It has allowed news to be published and read by anybody at little to no cost. Print media has struggled to hold their own against a ubiquitous and often free competitor. Advertising revenue for the ten largest newspaper companies peaked at $48.7 Billion in 2000 and has since plummeted to $23.9 Billion in 2012. The 2012 figure includes revenue from digital versions of the papers but this adaptation has not stymied the decline. On the surface, these numbers suggest that Neil Postman's claim in Amusing Ourselves to Death, that America was fulfilling Aldous Huxley's vision of a world where, “no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As [Huxley] saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacity to think.” (xix) Newspapers have historically been the most important technology to make one think so is does their decline spell our decline into an isolated, apathetic dystopia? To the contrary, I believe the collapse of the newspaper and the rise of internet journalism is creating a better informed and more socially aware society. Digital media is doing precisely the opposite of what Huxley, Postman and much of the...
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...JOURNALISM ASSIGNMENT MICHAELA THOOLSI STUDENT NUMBER: 13020684 BAG 1 10 MARCH 2015 MYRON NAICKER CONTENTS: Essay Question Page 1 – 4 Reference List Page 5 QUESTION ONE: In today’s fast growing economy, technology has prominently advanced thereby compelling media to develop a sense of convergence when it comes to broadcasting news to the nation. In this essay I will firstly be discussing what is journalism, followed by the description of news is. Secondly I will show how news reporting has advanced from its traditional ways to a new and modernised method that allows people to be more involved with the news, and thirdly I will show how the internet and other phenomena such as social media has influenced news production and content through the use of examples. Journalism refers to the works of writing that informs...
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...Consider the extent to which, across different markets, newspapers are experiencing ‘crisis’, and the nature of that crisis. Should this also be seen as a crisis for journalism and democracy more broadly? Evolving from announcement bulletins in ancient Rome to partisan papers in early nineteenth century and to the neutral papers in mid 1980s with a circulation of 62.5 million (NAA, 2009), newspaper bred journalism and upheld public sphere. However, recent decades witnessed large job cutting and numerous shutting down in newspaper industry. It remains debatable that whether the shockwave would spread to the entire journalism as a profession and to democracy which newspapers have always claimed to serve. This essay is going argue that the crisis confronted by newspapers does not necessarily entail a declining of journalism since democracy is carried out in a multidimensional way in new media environment. This essay will firstly look at the manifestation of the crisis confronted by newspaper industry in recent decades, the structural change it brought, and the nature of the crisis. After that, this essay would look at how the crisis encountered by the industry transformed journalistic practices and argues that journalism still has the capacity to carry out its civil function. Newspapers industry have been experiencing the decline of market share and revenue margin since the late twentieth century across markets such as U.S., UK, European, and Australia. (Beecher, 2005; Carson...
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...Journalism Today Journalism is a complex profession that has been evolving trough decades, changing its role and emphasis. If in the beginning of the XX century print media were the only source for current events, news and information. The press entities were in a constant struggle one with the other in order to gain readers and increase sales. If we look at the history of journalism we can see that in the middle of the past century the radio has become an important source of information. Some giants of the industry, like CBS, invented a standard news format that later one has been accommodated for TV broadcasting. Radio was a particular kind of revolution for the journalism due to the easiness of updating and providing the information. And in the times of World War II it was one of the more popular sources, because it permitted a long-distance broadcasting. Though, the era of radio was relatively short because of the television that first appeared in the 1930 and was rapidly gaining accessibility and popularity. Apart from the same possibility of quick story updates in comparison with a slow newspapers turnover, the television offered one important feature that has never existed before – visibility. This source of information altered the whole concept of journalism and remains significant until today. However, our dynamic and quickly altering reality created new opportunities and obliged journalism to adapt. In the last two-three decades this field has experienced...
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...Journalism is worldview actualization of social groups by means of selecting facts, assessments and comments which are topical, urgent and important. Journalism is also a practice of gathering and interpretation of the information on events, subjects and modern life tendencies, its presentation in different genres and forms, as well as its following distribution to mass audience. Institutionally, journalism is a part of polysystems of mass media, i.e. it is included in such multi-functional society institutes such as press, TV broadcast, radio, Internet, etc. One cannot agree that journalism today is a strong force and its significance in our life is constantly growing. It performs many different functions such as informational, ideological, and entertaining and many other functions. I suppose that supplying information is the main aim of journalism. Actually, our life has become easier due to journalism and now we do not need to cover long distances to find out the latest news. Now let`s consider the main problems of journalism today. The first issue is globalization. Today appear global mass media which are horizontally and vertically concentrated. It leads to creation of mass information product and English language expansion. Consumption is becoming mass and standardized (mass culture), the consumer becomes passive. The second problem is non-concurrence of world concepts by journalists and audience. It often happens that the journalist does not know...
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...The Media in Canadian Politics 1956 words Media has always been a center of interest of different political intellectuals in Canada. They always tend to use media as a powerful platform to convey their message to the all the stakeholders of Canadian politics. Common people, on the other hand, also use media to transmit their concerns and feedback to their political representatives. Be it the print media, broadcast media or social media, they have always played a significant role in Canadian politics. We have seen the active role of media in the longest election campaign of Canada in recent federal elections. Media influence Canadian politics by serving as an intermediary between the government and the common people, by acting as a public representative, and by shaping people’s perception of the political environment around them. As a common carrier of information for both government and common people, media plays a significant role in Canadian politics. The important part of this role of media is that most of the media act independently to provide unbiased information for both government and common people. This, however, is not always the case. We will discuss biased part of media later in this essay. As an intermediary between government and common people, media reports the news, helps determine the critical issues to be discussed, and enables the transparency in the political structure. Reporting the news is most basic and essential function of media. Common people and...
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...minutes) is spent using social media and blog sites worldwide (“Social Networks/Blogs Now Account for One in Every Four and a Half Minutes Online,” 2010). The global a verage time spent per person on social media sites is now nearly five and a half hours per month.Popular social media include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, and Tumblr. Facebook is a social network service launched in February 2004. As of January 2014 it has more than 800 million active users (Nicholas Caris on, 2014). Accordingto Mashable.com:Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real‐world social connections. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with the people they know in a trusted environment. Facebook is a part of millions of people’s lives and half of the users return daily. Twitter describes itself as “a real‐time information network that connects you to the latest information about what you find interesting.” A micro‐blogging site, Twitter allows users to send out messages in short spurts of up to 140 characters per “tweet.”...
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...consolidation and convergence is an ever relevant factor in the changing face of our perceptions of technology and the distribution of media content. In order to adapt to the ever-shifting scopes of media, one must be readily adaptable and compliant when it comes to distinguishing new aspects of digital technologies in this age of redefine. No longer do we live in a society with definite mediums and platforms for the distribution of media content. The way we as humans obtain entertainment, news and information is too changing with the initiation of new multi-faceted technologies. However, researchers and members of society argue whether the consolidation of vehicles for media consumption is beneficial for society as a whole. As the pace of lives for many citizens becomes ever more rapid, consumers of media technology expect to intake incredible amounts of content in a dwindling amount of time, which has pressured the media industry to transform from traditional measures of transference. Researchers Dr. Frederic Gundelsweiler and Dr. Christian Filk attribute this societal demand for instantaneous consumption and its consequences in their article, Future Media Platforms for Convergence Journalisms. “When we examine the traditional media of mass communication, we recognize that they are faced with a hard challenge created by new content standards. The standards are characterized by rapid technological growth, information and communication technology” (Gundelsweiler & Filk, 2012, p...
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...USA Today: Case Analysis 1Research and update the case information as much as possible with current research, and then conduct a comprehensive SWOT analysis for USA Today. Since its 1982 debut, the American newspaper USA Today has had a major impact on the North American Newspaper industry. It has been an immensely successful experiment, a trend - setting hybrid of print and television journalism which in less than 10 years was able to boast a daily readership of 6.6 million. With its effective use of bright colors, high – quality photo reproduction, innovative graphic design, and brief stories, Gannet Co. the parent company of USA Today established the newspaper in its quest to appeal to a new generation of readers who are predominantly young and middle aged achievement-oriented students, professionals and managerial personnel who were heavy newspaper readers and frequent travelers. Weaned on television, this new generation is increasingly attuned to images rather than words and, because of a busier lifestyle, has less time to read than earlier generations of newspaper readers. USA Today has made huge gains by tailoring its product to this market segment. At the same time, it has influenced the form and content of a host of other North American newspapers. The most notable examples are Wall Street Journal and New York Times. USA Today has become one of the leading sources for news in the nation. It has established its credibility and validity as a reliable and resourceful...
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...Record of Submission & Plagiarism DeclarationThis assignment is my own work and the sources of information and material I have used (including internet resources) have been identified and acknowledged as required in the referencing guidelines provided. My work may be referred to the JISC / Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Service for checking. The Faculty reserves the right to request an electronic copy of any work where unfair practice is suspected. This assignment, or any part of this assignment, has not been submitted for any other module at the University of Glamorgan unless specifically allowed by the module leader. | First Name…Charlotte…………………………… | | Surname……Brownhill…………………………… | | Date of Birth………22/09/1993………………………. | | I have read, understood and accept the University policies on plagiarism and I hereby certify that this submission is my own work and is consistent with the policies of the University.Signed: …………C.L.Brownhill………………………….. | ------------------------------------------------- Completing the form below confirms that you have read and agreed with the above statement Assignment Cover Sheet All pages of this form must be submitted together with the completed assignment by no later than 4:00 pm on the specified submission date. SECTION A | RECORD OF SUBMISSION | To be Completed by Student Only | | | 1 | Student ID: | 13022296 | | | | | If this is a group assignment, please provide the student numbers of all group...
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...Digitalization in broadcasting is the application of digital technologies in the process of sourcing, producing and disseminating broadcast content. The digital revolution is changing broadcast journalism by changing the way and manner in which we produce and consume news, which is mostly visible in television broadcasting, considering it’s audio-visual nature that gives room for exploration. Broadcast journalism in Nigeria came in through the invention of radio distribution system in 1933 and the commissioning of Ibadan station in 1939. The concept of television can be traced back to 1938. In that year French physicist Alexander Edmon Becquerel observed the eletro chemical effects of light. (Bitner, 1991, p. 112) Television broadcasting in Nigeria kicked off on October 1, 1959 with the establishment of Western Nigerian Television (WNTV) which blaized the trail not only in Nigeria but also in Africa. (Akinwalere, 2013)....
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...internet, hence other motives are involved in the decreasing circulation of this way of information that has been so important to the construction of the world as it is. This essay examines the factors that are leading to the lessening of newspapers, and suggests what journalists can do to avoid it. The lessening of newspapers circulation is leading to a decrease in publicity investment on them, what is leading to the end of some newspapers companies, since advertising in the major source of profit in a newspaper. According to Philip Meyer, in the year of 2000 advertising accounted for 82 percent of newspaper revenue … and circulation was the other 18” (37). And according to the 2011’s Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, while the ad revenue for print newspaper decreased badly from 2003 to last year, the ad revenue for online newspapers is substantially increasing. In 2003, the ad revenue for print newspaper was of 44,939 millions of dollars, while the ad revenue for online newspapers was of $ 1,216 million. This number experienced some growth until 2007, but in 2011, the ad revenue from print newspapers was of 20,692 millions of dollars, less than the half of the revenue from 2003. The online newspapers had an ad revenue of $ 3,249...
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...Changing Journalism in the Digital Age Jennifer Howse HUM/186 June 2, 2014 Anthony DeBonis Changing Journalism in the Digital Age Journalism has really changed over the years with the start of technology. Everyone has a smart phone and the internet is world wide, so there are a lot more people that can be and will be reached. But everyone thinks they are a reporter. Bloggers share there message to the masses and many people sometimes construe this for the truth. Many sites can pretty much post what they want on the Internet and not have any responsibility to it. Such as crime scenes without discretion, submit videos and share information much faster than television media. And that is how the most of the world wants there news; gruesome and fast, or heart warming and funny. Online media has many different ways to portray their message which is good and bad. Before the digital age, journalist were sharp and stunning looking guys with great hair and reported strong messages that made you think and keep thinking so that viewer would return each morning news and nightly news for information. Now, journalist on television have a limited amount of time and have so many stories to cover that they sometimes have to share the rest of the information on their websites. Some newspapers have had revenue so bad that they had to shut down their printing corporations and go to only an online business. Which is better in the long run because a lot of people have no need to...
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