Originally posted on 10/07/09
The press appears to have gotten a new medium to exploit. It's no surprise that newspapers have utilized the internet in this day and age. After all, isn't the screen of a computer or some web accessible computer device nothing more than a blank page that can be manipulated?
I've noticed a lot of different newspapers offering online versions of their printed papers. Some have even gone to the extreme of being purely online such as the Seattle P-I. But other than this form of change in venue of mediums, I can't say that I've noticed any other significant change in newspaper publishers' behaviors. I can definitely see the potential that was seen in the film in class, but I don't know if the publishers are really reacting in this fashion. I've read several papers online and the journalism doesn't appear to have been influenced by this change. Granted the formats are changed and perhaps, like in the case of the Wall Street Journal, the news that is presented are more geared towards specific areas of interest to the viewers' profiles which may distort the news that is received, but that is only speculative at best. Perhaps some more ads since it seems that most publishing sites gain the majority of their revenue from sales of ad space but nothing all to different.
But then again, maybe I'm oblivious and there are changes going on.
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In terms of content, a lot of publications that used to be exclusively print are adding more multimedia content-- websites for major newspapers and magazines now include video, photo slideshows, audio files, and so on. Discussion forums are also a new component for online forms of "print" media.
ReplyDeleteAnother aspect that might affect content (at least in terms of quantity) is the fact that there are less people working at these publications. I interned at a magazine last summer, and while it's a bit soon to tell whether the layoffs there were due to the economy or the internet, the editor there seemed pretty sure if people don't start paying for online content soon, more people will be out of jobs.