Thursday, April 22, 2010
Newspapers versus Internet
I listened to the podcasts regarding the bleak fate of the newspaper industry and I am certainly of the opinion that the hard copy version of the newspaper doesn't have much life left. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure how it has lasted this long. But I don't think the news organizations should change the way they generate news -- via quality research and investigation, in depth analysis, creative and interesting writing, an so on. The medium just needs to change to suit the modern readers. Ironically, I saw a news story about a 90-something woman who bought an iPad just to read books because it can easily blow up text. So I don't think electronic formats will alienate older readers because stories, ads, software features, etc., can be catered for the specific reader. The news aggregators (read bloggers) tend to be very superficial and would have a hard time competing with a well-constructed pay news organization. I also read the "What is New Media" paper but didn't get much out of it, as it was somewhat dated and obvious.
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