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The 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 information ID: 782844

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Chapter 17

Journalism in the Digital Age

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The 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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The 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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Traditional 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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Advantages 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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Drawbacks of Digital Journalism

Creates information overload

Creates news aggregators

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Why 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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Importance 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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Dangers and Failings of Citizen Journalism

Inaccurate, poorly researched misleading

Legal, ethical implications often ignored

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News 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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