Future Of Newspapers Research Articles

Pengaplikasian Konsep Kewartawanan Peranti dalam Organisasi Berita Kosmo Online dan Rotikaya

Journalists are groups that are important in helping to provide information to the public. The development of communication technology has triggered a concept of Mobile Journalism or MoJo in the journalistic world. This study will show the application of the MoJo concept in the Kosmo Online and Rotikaya news portal that are able to change the working style of journalists from time to time. This study aims to see MoJo trends capable of changing the style of journalists, MoJo skills used among media practitioners and the future of newspaper companies as a result of digital technology. This study used a qualitative method that is through a deep interview with two informants fromboth media organisations. The theory used in this study is the Diffusion of Innovation Theory by Everett Rogers that examines four important elements of social system, time frame, innovation and communication channels. As a result of this research, researchers have found some new findings that are classified according to the theoretical elements applied in the MoJo concept. The findings show that both interviewed media organizations have successfully applied MoJo concepts in journalist working style. MoJo is able to change the style of journalist work from traditional style to modern style by using mobile devices to report the news. This application has helped journalists improve their skills indirectly towards the structure of news writing with the use of technology in delivering news visually. This MoJo has also been delivering the news that there is no obstacle to the gatekeeper where the true information continues to be communicated to the public without restrictions. This explorative study can be the basis of the journalistic field in today is growing digital era.

FUTURE OF PRINT AND E-NEWSPAPER IN INDIA: A CRITIQUE

Print newspapers in India have evolved over the years. The significant readership of print newspaper is an evidence of it being a popular medium among people. Newspapers in India started before independence and gained much attention during the time of freedom struggle with many revolutionaries contributing to the growth of journalism. It became an effective medium to reach the masses. Post independence, print newspapers looked forward to maintaining the newly found freedom. In 1950s, National development became primary goal for the newspapers. Newspapers, by then, had earned the reputation of being a credible source of information. They served as important link between the government and citizens. As post independence many industries were affected by the wave of commercialization, journalism was also not left unaffected. With the coming of satellite television during1990s there were speculations that print newspapers would go obsolete. But newspapers reinvented themselves and learnt to not only co-exist but also made good profits. The dawn of the digital era saw the birth of e-newspapers. India too followed the suit amidst speculations that print newspapers will go obsolete but once again it reinvented itself and survived the wave of change. This paper attempts to trace the journey of newspaper from print to digital. It also attempts to prognosticate the future of print newspaper and e-newspaper in the Indian subcontinent. The paper concludes that although print newspapers are not going anywhere in the near future owing to their willingness to reinvent themselves, the future of newspaper is digital. The paper also explains the factors responsible for the shift in news consumption habits of the Indian readers. To accomplish the objectives of the study, the researchers conducted a focus group discussion with experts from media industry and academia. KEYWORDS: Print newspapers, e-newspapers, new media, digital platforms, vernacular press, localization of news.

Reality Check

Twenty years into US newspapers’ online ventures, many are stuck between a shrinking market for their print product and an unsuccessful experiment with digital offerings. Since readership is the foundation for subscription and advertising revenue, this study, through a longitudinal analysis of readership data (2007, 2011, and 2015) of 51 US newspapers, provides an up-to-date review on these newspapers’ online and print readership. Results indicated that the (supposedly dying) print product still reaches far more readers than the (supposedly promising) digital product in these newspapers’ home markets, and this holds true across all age groups. In addition, these major newspapers’ online readership has shown little or no growth since 2007, and more than a half of them have seen a decline since 2011. The online edition contributes a relatively small number of online-only users to the combined readership in these newspapers’ home markets. These findings raise questions about US newspapers’ technology-driven strategy and call for a critical re-examination of unchecked assumptions about the future of newspapers.

IPublish or perish: challenges facing the Québec press in the digital age

Once more in their history, newspapers are facing the challenge of new technologies threatening their very existence. They have had to adapt previously to radio broadcasting and television networks. More recently, the newspaper press has been threatened by the development of the commuter free press. Now, newspapers must find a way to survive the Internet’s competition in the digital era. The challenge is technological and economic, but there is more involved. Behind these technological innovations and along with the financial problems lie deep cultural and political transformations. Reading habits and the way people obtain information are changing. Most Twitter addicts are not prone to reading long and complex articles. This is a tendency that was initiated with the success of the daily tabloids, reinforced by radio and television newscasts and, more recently, with free newspapers distributed on mass public transportation sites like the subway. The aim of this kind of media seems to be always to find shorter and faster ways of communication. With the Internet, people do not have to wait for the morning paper to be informed, nor even the next hour for the radio or television headlines. They can get a summary of the latest news on a lot of websites, on their smartphone, their tablet or their laptop. If they want more, they can find it through a quick search on a browser. Countless blogs and wikis have opened access to ever-increasing sources of information. Do citizens wish to participate in a debate on a given question? They can do it through the social media that have considerably enlarged the space of opinion circulation. All these cultural changes have an impact on the news industry and on political life as well. What is the future of newspapers in the digital era? Do they have a role to play or

Book Review: Picturing Afghanistan: The Photography of Foreign Conflict, by Paul Verschueren

Picturing Afghanistan: The Photography of Foreign Conflict. Paul Verschueren. New York: Hampton Press, 2012. 214 pp. $49.50.Photography of war has been a theme throughout recorded history of photojournal- ism. Beginning with photographers like Matthew Brady, continuing through Eddie Adams and Robert Capa, and presently through James Nachtwey, photographers have been documenting complexities of war for nearly two hundred years. In his book Picturing Afghanistan, Paul Verschueren expands discussion of war photography beyond photojournalism into realms of public affairs, psychological operations (PSYOP), press, and photo book, ultimately showing there are no strong boundaries between photography used in warfare and photography about war. The most important point he makes, however, occurs early in book: All modern wars are 'wars of images.' Despite some focus on weaponry, soldiers, and economics, it is images that bring war to breakfast table and living room. The war in Afghanistan was no exception.Throughout book, Verschueren discusses concepts such as agenda-setting power of photography with people who have no direct experience of depicted real- ity; framing; perception of elements within messages; attention-getting power of photography as confirmed through eye-tracking studies; and even future of newspapers and their increased use of photography for telling stories with more and bigger photos. He clearly documents changes in photography, including inte- gration of amateur and professional photography that changed coverage of modern wars, especially Afghanistan, the first war of videophone.The author clearly advances discussion of war photography, particularly in light of discussion of PSYOP-propaganda. He accurately and clearly notes that pho- tography has been an important instrument of propaganda since American Civil War and that visual propaganda continued throughout Afghanistan conflict, blur- ring lines between media coverage and pure propaganda. Moreover, he discusses problem with blurring such lines in which pictures present a sanitized view of war, displaying no direct violence, virtually no damage, and almost no wounded or dead. He gives numerous specific examples, including Department of Defense and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) images as well as coverage of women and children intended to create empathy among readers and viewers.Through analysis of European newspapers-all important shapers of public opin- ion, Verschueren shows that media outlets framed conflict in Afghanistan in ways similar to those in public affairs and PSYOP at least partially because media outlets increasingly depend on provided images. He expands relationship between media coverage, public affairs, and PSYOP by discussing close relationships that form when photographers are embedded with military combatants for between ten and thirty days, something that began after Gulf War. While he says such close contact resulted in more coverage of conflicts, it came with a price, narrowing scope of coverage as photographers relied on military officials and mission for stories, failing to cover both sides of conflict and sometimes struggling with close, interpersonal conflict they had with warriors. …

Press freedom in the United Kingdom and the Leveson debate

Abstract The repercussions of the phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct News of the World are reshaping the regulation, culture, practice and ethics of the press in the United Kingdom. Though a purely British case, the impact on the future of newspapers and the media will not be confined to the British Isles. The scandal and the subsequent public enquiry led by Lord Justice Leveson will provide fertile ground for media and journalism scholars to focus their research and investigations. Leveson’s recommendations on the future of press regulation are certain to rework the current system in the United Kingdom, where the press has traditionally been self-regulated voluntarily through Press Complaints Commission. In this article, David Elstein, chairman of open Democracy, looks into the phone-hacking scandal, examining its various facets and what its impact will be on the future of press freedom and media ownership in Britain.

CROWDFUNDING AND NON-PROFIT MEDIA

The media environment has changed dramatically in the last few years. Audience fragmentation and online advertising atomisation have transformed existing business models and put into question traditional media management practices. Now more than ever, policy makers and editors are concerned about the future of newspapers. In this changing scenario, there are new media models that attempt to promote and preserve public interest journalism. Among them, non-profit institutions and community-funded platforms are the most innovative and relevant alternatives. They promote audience involvement using what is known as crowdfunding, or they are funded by grants received from wealthy millionaires. For these new models, profit margins and income are unwelcome. Despite the fact that they could be regarded as non-business models, they are actually changing the paradigm of public interest journalism while providing fresh ideas for traditional media. The aim of this paper is to explain the nature of crowdfunding by describing the context in which it takes place and considering its impact on journalism. We have created a database to identify all the crowdfunding initiatives around the world. The results highlight the emergence of these platforms and other systems that make possible crowdfunded journalism and investigative reporting. Transparency, user involvement and control over where their money goes tend to be the success factors of these initiatives.

Prensa en internet: nuevos modelos de negocio en el escenario de la convergencia

The internet is transforming the business model of the press. Free access to online news, increased competition and the crisis of the media sector has reopened the debate on the future of newspapers in the convergence era. The object of this paper it is to examine the basis of the new business models of the press on the Net. The analysis addresses the revenue sources for online information: advertising and sale of the product. The methodology is the case study, applied to the business strategies of four Spanish digital newspapers: the online versions of two main newspapers (Elpais.com and Elmundo. es) and two pure digital players (Soitu and Factual).

The Paradoxes of Journalism History

In order to extricate journalism from broader media history, we need to better develop ways of understanding the generic characteristics of journalism over time and across geo-political space. This paper will aim to address what could be termed certain paradoxes of journalism's history; paradoxes which relate to our definitions of the generic boundaries of journalism and flux across those boundaries. Engaging with the complexities of these historical paradoxes will, we may hope, contribute to our understanding of what makes this set of practices distinct in the present and also what we may want to retain of its range of features in some technologically reconfigured future. Journalism's current crises and opportunities, with their implications for the broader qualities of public communication, need us to consider it in all its historical complexity, not just as a profit-making machine which has broken down. Furthermore, the only way to fully begin to grasp journalism's current potential is to consider how it has formed and mutated over the centuries as a global phenomenon. Propelled by both intellectual and technological developments, journalism history is moving out from its confinement in the margins of other disciplinary areas. Journalism studies worldwide is providing a wealth of opportunities for scholars. This paper argues that we need to embrace more ambitious dialogues to clarify our understanding of journalism in itself as well as in its intersections with other fields, at the same time as becoming involved in methodological conversations about the exploitation of digital resources.

Prensa en internet: nuevos modelos de negocio en el escenario de la convergencia

The internet is transforming the business model of the press. Free access to online news, increased competition and the crisis of the media sector has reopened the debate on the future of newspapers in the convergence era. The object of this paper it is to examine the basis of the new business models of the press on the Net. The analysis addresses the revenue sources for online information: advertising and sale of the product. The methodology is the case study, applied to the business strategies of four Spanish digital newspapers: the online versions of two main newspapers (Elpaís.com and Elmundo. es) and two pure digital players (Soitu and Factual).

The Future of the Press: Insights from the Sociotechnical Approach

In Europe and the United States, the decline of newspapers started long before the advent of the Internet. However, the spread of the Internet has accelerated this decline. But is the future of newspapers really endangered? To answer this question, the authors propose that a reflection on the insights the sociotechnical system perspective, drawn from organizational studies, can offer for media research. The authors first analyze four of the main principles of the sociotechnical perspective: open systems, dynamic stability, optimization of technical and social functions, and control of boundaries. They then employ these analytical tools to examine the power relationships between journalists, the publishers, editors, and the audiences. The sociotechnical approach proves to be an interesting approach for the interpretation of the changes occurring in the journalism and for the elaboration of future solutions and management strategies.

E-OFF Device - Future of Newspapers

The online news had changed the way we read news now days. For reading online news, one must be connected to the World Wide Web with high speed internet connection. The online news content then can be viewed on the computer with the help of any good web browser like Internet Explorer, Mozilla, etc. But if you are out of office, let’s say, travelling in car, your online content will not be available because of the internet connectivity constraints. The offline news content will solve this issue completely. The car can be equipped with an EPD device, call it, e-OFF device.

THE FUTURE OF “RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM”

If the future of newspapers includes online and transnational platforms, the influence of defamation law on journalism deserves close investigation. A key concern for international publishers remains being sued in defamation in the United Kingdom or in other countries following its legal tradition. However, UK law has developed in recent years so that it now protects “responsible journalism” and many other commonwealth countries have seen similar developments. These changes offer real potential to support wider public debate, but they also contain challenges for law to understand and evaluate journalistic practices. This paper draws on a three-year study of news production and defamation law in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. It explains the difficult position facing journalism under traditional defamation law, outlines the key legal developments that change that law, and considers how journalists and other media staff perceive defamation law within their everyday practice.

Beyond the Flickering Screen: Re-situating e-books

Beyond the Flickering Screen: Re-situating e-books

Online-The Future of Newspapers? Germany's Dailies on the World Wide Web

The research project “Online – the future of newspapers?” examined the producers, their products and the users of German online newspapers. The study on online editorial boards was carried out in the form of a standardized mail survey of all 81 daily newspapers with a WWW presence in May 1997 (return quote: 78%). A questionnaire for the users was placed in the Web, where it could be accessed via links to the homepage of 27 online papers (2524 respondents). In addition five individual websites of newspapers were examined (semi-structured oral interviews with the heads of the editorial boards, content analysis). Almost half of the staff in online editorial boards have journalistic duties. Technical duties are of growing importance. The majority of online editorial boards surveyed depend on the editorial decisions of the print editors. The news sections in online papers consist mainly of duplicates of the printed “parent” paper. Articles for the online version are rarely edited. Very few external links and no graphic or sound effects were added. About two-thirds of users would have chosen the print newspaper and just under a third would have preferred the online version if only one of the versions had been available. The case studies show that online publishers and users base their activities and/or expectations on the print newspaper and use or design their product accordingly.

Mr Deedes takes a gamble

The Hon. Jeremy Deedes, son of venerable Daily Telegraph journalist Lord (Bill) Deedes has twice retired from the group - well, almost. He was recalled to captain what looked a badly holed ship after Hollinger and Lord Black went to war over alleged unauthorised payments. Having overseen the sale of the papers to the Barclay Brothers, he retired again, only to be retained as non-executive vice-chairman. Now he's become chairman of the proposed new gambling paper, The Sportsman. In an exclusive interview, Deedes talks about the Telegraph, tabloids, the future of newspapers, Richard Desmond and much, much more. You can bet that gambling's on the agenda, too.

Special Issue Editors' Comments

spring 1993, a group of journalists, industry researchers arid academic scholars put together a special issue of Newspaper Research]ournal ' to address the impact of changes in technology and society on the newspaper industry and its future. The issue looked at competition from television news, at the long-term impact of circulation, loss, at the increasing complexity of the media markets in which newspapers compete for attention and at the relationship between female readers and newspapers. These issues continue to challenge the newspaper business today, just as was predicted. On the other hand, the volume failed in a couple of its predictions. Some technology discussed in the issue has not turned out to be relevant, e.g., electronic tablets did not create the impact they were predicted to have. There was no discussion of the impact of Internet or of 24/7 cable programs on newspaper use. And there was no discussion of the impact of newspapers being publicly owned companies and therefore responsible to Wall Street for large profit margins, although Leo Bogart mentioned briefly the relationship between newspaper content and economic performance in his article.Ten years later, it seemed critical to focus again on the future of newspapers. the last 10 years, technological and social changes seem only to have accelerated, and it is even more common for scholars and practitioners alike to bemoan the challenges to print news.A critical feature of current discussions about the newspaper industry's future is the lack of agreement among journalists, newspaper managers and newspaper investors concerning the relationship between quality of content and the financial performance of newspapers. Some editors and many researchers continue to think that investment in coverage will pay off in higher penetration, oirciilnHori n rid revenues. But a significant portion of newspaper managers apparently doubt the strength of this relationship, which allows them to assume that cutting expenses will not damage their financial performance. Still others assume that the connection is so long term that newspaper good will can be mined for short-run financial gain with the consequences occurring far into the future. Mining good will for short-run profits allows managers to appear as though they are running the newspaper well, while avoiding the long-run consequences of this process. When these consequences are realized, these managers will have retired. This approach can be summarized by John Maynard Keynes' quote: In the long run we are all dead. Whatever managers and editors assume, the assumptions affect their decisions about increasing investment in the number and quality of journalists, the newshole and other features of newspaper content that have been linked in the research literature with news quality.Indeed, some of the strategies pursued by newspaper companies have raised concerns among scholars, editors, journalists, managers and industry critics about the future of journalism in American newspapers. Some newspaper companies have extracted high profits through disinvestment in newsrooms, as well as cutting expenses in the circulation, advertising and marketing departments. Concern about profit-driven management has led to meetings among industry observers and calls to industry leaders to reinvest in their newsrooms not just to serve the public but to maintain the financial performance and long-term health of their companies. This movement, which you will read about in this issue, has been titled Journalism, Good Business. It rests on the assumption that investment in the newsroom will improve journalistic performance, which will attract readers and consequently increase advertising revenue.The assumed connection between good journalism and good business rests on perceptions, experience, research and theory. Certainly the relation between journalism and business is far from a perfect correlation. …

The future of the British broadsheet newspaper on the World Wide Web

Traditional media, such as newspapers, are having to reassess their role in the Internet age. Not only are newspapers having to compete with each other, but also with foreign newspapers from all over the globe and their information providers choosing to deliver news on their websites. The aim of this paper is to determine the present state and the future of the British newspaper on the World Wide Web. An evaluation of the five British broadsheet websites was carried out between 11th August and 11th September 2000. Three broad categories were selected to evaluate the websites information content, interactivity and business and marketing features. Interviews were also carried out in order to gauge the opinion of journalists, information specialists and New Media professionals as to the future path for newspapers. The results showed that newspapers, to a certain extent, are still repurposing their hard copy content for the Web. However, online newspapers are making some advances by maximising their content and by developing discussion forums and feedback mechanisms. FT.com has made the greatest effort to reassess its purpose on the Internet. The interview results showed that there is no clear strategy for the future of newspapers on the WWW. However, what became clear was the opinion that newspapers should concentrate on targeting a local audience, facilitating community publishing and investing in research. All stress that whatever move they make, newspapers must make one and fast.

"Public Journalism" - ein neues journalistisches Konzept und seine Umsetzung in Lokalredaktionen der USA

Die Landschaft der Printmedien in Deutschland: Schon lange bluht sie nicht mehr so, wie es Journalisten und Verleger gerne sahen. Schneller, bunter, boulevardesker soll sie sein, die Nachrichtenvermittlung im Zeitalter des Happchen-Journalismus. Zuwachsraten lassen sich da hochstens noch bei zusatzlichen Online-Angeboten auf der Datenautobahn im Internet verzeichnen. Insbesondere im Bereich der Tageszeitungen halt die Durreperiode in Form von stagnierenden Stuckzahlen - was in entsprechendem Kontext dann sogar als Erfolg vermarktet wird - und stetigem Auflagenverlust jedoch nach wie vor an, wie auch die Zahlen der aktuellen IVW-Auflagenliste belegen. (...) English Sonja Fink: Public Journalism- A New Journalistic Concept and lmplementation in Local Editorial Departments in the USA Locality is the future of newspapers. ,Public J ournalism' is the motto with which individual journalists in the late 80's and early 90's attempted to find new approaches to reporting and coverage. Their main goal was to re-establish the relationship between journalism, the reader and their community - a relationship considered essential for a functioning democracy. The guiding principle is to engage people in forming opinions and critical reflection. With this, the precursors of this movement emphasise the significance of situated in the local community for an overall societallevel. Doing journalism means to move away from the tradition of the solely objective uninvolved reporter. The aim is not only to report on deplorable state of affairs but to start a discussion of possible solutions by co-operating with offleials in charge as well as competent boards and authorities. Community meetings, telephone campaigns, monthly readers' panels and editorials are parts of this concept that summon the reader to become actively involved in his community, thus creating a democratic society. The role of the media is henceforth not that of a cynical spectator but must understand its role as a responsible member of society. Public Journalism has become a form of provocative and project oriented activism in the USA. Pricey ventures such as the organisation of debates on TV or the sponsoring of youth centres have been abandoned and replaced by daily local reporting focusing on the expressed needs of the reader. It would be wrong to interpret public journalism as a categorical revolution of the entire sector of journalism. However, as a complementary modelthat is not detached from other vocational norms it is groundbreaking for responsible reporting and the future of newspapers. It calls for action in a time of disenchantment with politics and lacking involvement of citizens in order to maintain a form of govemment grounded in the principle of freedom.

Prophets of Gloom: Why Do Newspaper Journalists Have So Little Faith in the Future of Newspapers?

Among newspaper journalists, pessimism about the industry's future has increased since the 1980s, even among those who are basically contented with their own jobs.1