Newspaper vs the Internet

Clay Shirky who wrote Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable (1993) argues that society doesn’t need newspapers society needs journalism to save society. Shirky supports this argument by giving a historical background to the problems newspapers face and how the problems have developed over time and the solutions society has came up with. The blogger concludes that in order for journalism to go farther new models must be created in place of past molds. Shirky directs this blog toward the current and future generations in attempt to motivate new models and methods of journalism.

USA Today has always faced challenges and opportunities. There are several challenges have affected USA Today. The newspaper has been in the adapt quick or die stage for quite some time. Most businesses in today’s economy are facing power shifts to customers, massive increase in product selection, shifting demand patterns, and privacy, security, and ethical concerns (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). USA Today’s biggest challenges are shifting demand patterns, changing demographic of readers, competition, distribution, production costs, and technological advances, but within these challenges there are great opportunities.

Businesses are discovering the Internet as the most powerful and cost effective tool in history. The Net provides a faster, more efficient way to work colleagues, customers, vendors and business partners- irrespective of location or operating system harnessing this powerful resource gives companies strategic advantages by leveraging information into essential business asset. The "technology of the future" here today. This is a fact. Businesses making the transition will, and are prospering; however those that do not will most certainly suffer the consequences.

In the article by Tom Engelhardt, an author tells about journalism during his childhood and how is it different from now. When his was young, New York had 10 major papers like The Daily News, The Daily Mirror, The Herald Tribune and a few magazines: Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Look and etc. Then he thought, that this is the golden era of journalism. All of these papers run the world, people got news from it and it was hard to imagine life without it. But what do we have now? Thousands of papers and magazines appear in our lives. We have a chose what to read today. But these papers are still just papers. We read someone's ideas and thoughts. The main bursting happened when we god online sources, «With the rise of the Internet, we're no

The internet is our modern source for news media; the importance of the newspaper has not only declined, it is in a sense, obsolete. We now turn to the internet for opinions, news, and entertainment. Even though the way in which we consume information (PBS) has changed, the importance of an unrestricted and watchful media has not changed. (Magleby, Light, & Nemacheck, 2010)

Many industries are experiencing challenges in today’s economy. One industry that has experienced extreme challenges is the newspaper industry. Over the past decade, newspaper sales have been declining rapidly (Johnson, Goidel, & Climek, 2014). Many elements in today’s economy and social changes are responsible for these challenges. USA Today has worked hard to combat these challenges. Even though the circulation of newspapers has declined, USA Today’s hard work has allowed the company to have the largest print circulation (Ferrell, & Hartline, 2014).

Wholesome, useful, and interesting websites and blogs have formed that are completely legitimate. New and revolutionary outlets such as the hyperlocal news industry would not have been possible had the internet not allowed for such changes in how the news is portrayed to the reader occur (Tornoe 26-27). Well cited and researched sites are not the problem; the problem is the less scholarly blogs and stories that many read. Joseph Rago with the Wall Street Journal and many others believe that “‘The technology of ink on paper is highly advanced and has over centuries accumulated a major institutional culture that screens editorially for originality, expertise and seriousness’” (“Online”). Many issues come about when the Internet is used to portray an individual’s opinions and

Tom Curley, president and CEO of USA Today, realizes that becoming a successful player in the new digital marketplace requires his staffs accept the reality of the digital challenge. However, by February 2000, there is no senior staff members agree Curley’s ideas that transforms USAT from a traditional newspaper business to a news company in the broadest sense. The reason senior staff members disagree is concerning that Online will become a treat to their future.

In the text “The Decline of Newspapers Is Bad for the US” the author Laura Finley tells how the internet is taking the place for newspapers. Ms. Finley states facts of how people would rather use the internet, most people think that the internet is easier and quicker than getting a newspaper. Finley list the newspapers that had to file bankruptcy and suffered from the decline in newspaper. The internet is taking over the news world.

The newspaper industry is undergoing a radical change in three primary areas caused by technology. First, the underlying two-sided business model is changing. With the Advent of internet, news content is easily and freely available from various sources but lacks quality journalism and credibility. Revenues from online advertising are not large enough to compensate for decline in revenues from print advertising & subscription. Newspaper industry is experiencing new realm of new content delivery and in process of understanding and establishing sustainable sources and

Since technology advances and the almost immediate access to news that printed newspapers need to balance their information in order to be successful. Having an online news page where readers can get access to information and a printed newspaper to get additional information regarding that news would be the only way for some newspapers to survive. There are some in older generations that do like the printed word and may not be as technologically savvy as the younger generations but even with TV news any news that happens one day is

This research has been conducted due to the fact that some researchers have claimed that “journalism is dying” whilst others have argued that “journalism is not dying but is simply evolving” (Blatchford: 2014). This has been a much contested debate triggered by the decline of news circulation from traditional news sources i.e. newspapers, television and radio together with the technological advances of the internet and social media (Cub Reporters: 2010). This has raised many questions and firstly, this dissertation will assess whether the rise of social media has led to the decline of news circulation from traditional news sources. Secondly, this paper will look at what the advantages and disadvantages of using social media as a news distributor are for professional journalists and the general public. Lastly, this study aims to investigate

A Comparison of Two Different Newspapers In the following essay, I intend to compare the differences and similarities in which two different newspapers - a tabloid (The Mirror) and a broadsheet (The Times) report the same story. I will be looking at the presentation and the use of language as well as the basics of how the story is put forward and told. Both papers are reporting the same story in which Prince Philip made a statement along the lines that 'guns are no more dangerous than cricket bats' following a shooting at a school in Dunblane in Scotland. In general there are many differences between tabloids and broadsheets.

In 1760, The Boston News-Letter was the first newspaper to be continuously published in the United States. A 250-year legacy of printed news could not have lasted if it newspapers didn't not have it uses. Aside from the entertainment value, newspapers exist for the main purpose of bringing news of international, national, and local news to the doorsteps of the people. Without such frequent and stable form of communication, it would be difficult for any nation to call itself a free democracy. Today however, it cannot be expected that newsprint will last forever. Statistical data firmly suggests newspapers around the world are falling both in number and circulation. The past several years have been difficult for newspapers as other news

To wholly have a grasp on how this new founded approach to journalism has changed alongside technology—as well as understanding the dangers such openness brings forth—one has to understand what exactly those changes are. Primarily, those that are writing for the sake of offering information have, whether willingly or not, fed into the usage of social media as it has become a centralized method of distribution that is relatively inescapable with the current times. As such those framing the news for the masses find an authentic avenue to stay in contact via social media that has benefits ranging from, “its extraordinary newsgathering potential; its potential as a new tool to engage the audience; and as a way of distributing our news” (Eltringham, 2012), all of which are deeply different from the presentation of reporting that occurred during earlier eras. Days of strongly structured instances of journalism that could not travel with such speed have been replaced as, “social media has trashed many of the foundations on