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Chapter 17
Journalism in the Digital Age
Slide2The Rise of the Digital Age
Production of traditional newspaper is costly and has a high barrier to entry
TV, cable and now the Internet have challenged the traditional newspaper business model
Push is for instant information24 hour news stations-1980Internet-continuous, live
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Slide3The Rise of ‘Citizen Journalism’
Ubiquitous cell phone cameras enable citizen journalism
Video, tweets, email, IM from a multitude of low cost or no cost sources competing with traditional journalists
Newspapers experimenting with new business models, combining free and paid digital content
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Slide4Traditional Versus Digital Journalism
Traditional model-scare information, limited access, linear (page by page)
Digital model-abundant information, unlimited access, non-linear(hyperlink), sacrifice accuracy for speed?
Professional journalists have credo of impartiality, citizen journalists have their own bias
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Slide5Advantages of Digital Journalism
Low production and distribution costs
Audio
, video equipment prices keep dropping, getting betterCan write stories in the field, think tabletMake use of social networks for background info, but may infringe copyrightInternational audience
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Slide6Drawbacks of Digital Journalism
Creates information overload
Creates news aggregators
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Slide7Why Professionalism Matters
Originally American press had a political bias
Eventually culminated in yellow journalism and the Spanish-American war
Time for reform, advent of professionalismFairness, objectivity, accuracyBut decline began with conglomerates pushing news outlets to become profit centersDigital journalism may accelerate the decline
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Slide8Importance of Fact Checking
‘If it is on the Internet it must be true’ is not a good maxim to practice journalism by
Spanish villa birthday party-picked up from social network, never fact-checked, was from embellished 16 year olds account. Newspapers sued
Wikipedia-bogus Maurice Jarre quote
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Slide9Dangers and Failings of Citizen Journalism
Inaccurate, poorly researched misleading
Legal, ethical implications often ignored
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Slide10News Formats
Discussion Boards-beware of graffiti
Hyperlocal
Websites-emphasize reader inputBlogs-protected by shield laws…in some statesLive Blogging-may harm broad revenueRSS-automates distribution of contentPodcasting-beware of combining media-copyright
Wikis-quick updating, but defamation due to lack of oversight?
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