I know this isn't really new stuff but I've been thinking about this for a while so thought I'd put pen to paper or maybe I should say fingers to keyboard, rather. Which is exactly what I've been thinking about, the problem that "old" media is facing.
I listened to a program on the radio about this a few weeks back and they mentioned an old teacher of mine when they spoke about the start of newspapers online in Sweden. His name is Mark Comerford and he was involved with starting up one of the more successful online newssites in Sweden, aftonbladet.se. The point of the radio show was that the problem newspapers face today is that they are expected to have an online version of their newspaper that should update almost hourly 24/7 but at the same time people in general don't want to buy newspapers. A newspaper in the southern part of Sweden (sorry I forget what it's called) even tried giving away newspapers to everybody between 25 and 35 but not even then did people want the newspapers. Personally I can fully understand it, being just under 35 myself and having no interest what so ever in a paper newspaper every morning. The problem the newspapers face is of course that the online versions doesn't come near the revenue levels of the paper version.
So the problem here is that nobody wants to pay for the news but we still want quality newsdistribution. Today we talk a lot about the power of the new media with blogging and all kinds of social networking tools and while these things are great when it comes to getting news about what is happening in countries like Iran, Honduras, China, etc but the problem with all these new tools is that the content in them are mostly produced by amateurs. So while yes it's good that we get news at all from places like the above but on the other hand should we really trust the news we get that way? And even though we might trust it one would at least expect it to be poorly written and not all that interesting to read and quite possibly also heavily biased.
The huge plus side of the old media industry such as our national newspapers is that they can afford (at least so far) to employ well educated people that can grasp the broader points of a specific aspect and then explain it in a well written and interesting way. At least that's one of the main reasons I still occasionally read newspapers but also the reason I watch TV shows with digging journalism and listen to these debate shows on the radio every now and then. Because I enjoy good journalism and news reported by somebody that knows what they are talking about.
Good journalism also makes it easier for me to take a piece of news and read, listen and watch it from several different sides through different kinds of media and from different political viewpoints depending on the journalist. If a piece of news is only reported by amateurs then the news might not even be recognizable when you go to a different source.
Many newspapers and similar news reporting companies around the (western) world speak about this problem right now and while I don't have a solution for the problem I do think it's slightly scary that all the news we consume in the future could be like the news we read in Aftonbladet (see above) or watch on CNN.
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
18 comments:
Very good darmowe programy
ekstra ale zobacz też to: Wakacje w Turcji
Great!!!! Programy do fakturowania
Fresh Download 8.78
PeaZip 4.6 - wersja PL
Thanks
super Star Downloader 1.45
ACDSee Photo Manager 14.2
FileZilla 3.5.3
:P
Great PlusOffice 2009
StarBurn 13 Build 20110818
G DATA AntiVirus 2013
:]
Very good Program antywirusowe
Frigate Professional 3.36
Pakiety biurowe
Amazing!!!! pedicure leczniczy kraków
:)
Dzień dobry. Polecam zabiegi upiększania paznokci kraków
You must show: tanie wczasy w Turcji
I'm extremely inspired together with your writing talents and also with the structure in your blog. Is that this a paid topic or did you modify it your self? Anyway keep up the nice quality writing, it's uncommon to
peer a nice blog like this one today..
Feel free to surf to my website - http://www.hsdgfuyewertwe.com/
Ma conviction, c'est que c'est le coeur des gens qu'il faut changer. Quand ils prendront plus de recul, qu'ils seront plus soucieux du bien des autres et non de leur petit ego, alors surgiront des hommes politiques dignent de confiance. Le bl茅 ne peut pas surgir d'un champs de mauvaise herbe.. [url=http://www.nike-airmaxpaschers.com/]air max bw pas cher[/url] M锚me que des fois y a tout le monde qui pleure dans le train, le fiston et la maman . et pis moi aussi parce que tout 莽a, c'est trop triste ..
Si vous avez une r茅servation pour le Beach Rotana Suites, veuillez vous y rendre directement 脿 votre arriv茅e. Les frais et d茅p么ts de garantie peuvent 锚tre mentionn茅s hors taxe et sont soumis 脿 modification. [url=http://www.nike-airmaxpaschers.com/]nike air max 90[/url] Ainsi, un b de 12 mois peut chausser du 16 tandis qu'un b de 9 mois fait lui une pointure 18..
Promenades 脿 cheval. HORSE BACK RIDING. [url=http://www.nike-airmaxpaschers.com/]air max bw pas cher[/url] Bagages pour la Guyane
Nathalie, agile comme un chat de goutti a d franchi la seconde tyrolienne suivie de Beda, Hilal et les autres footballeurs ferratistes. Certains se sentent d tellement l qu ne jugent pas n de se longer sur certains tron ! Ils se mettent bient nettoyer le chemin en poussant vers le vide d blocs qui partent se perdre dans un tonnerre de fin du monde.
Quinze niveaux qui promettent quelques heures de jeu, m s'il faut avoir les nerfs solides pour en voir le bout. Finir le jeu 100% demandera un investissement cons Le mode deux joueurs vient ajouter un peu de piment l'aventure.
Czy znacie jakies [url=http://programy48.pl]darmowe programy[/url] do fakturowania ??? pzdr
Czy znacie jakies [url=http://programy48.pl]darmowe programy[/url] do edycji filmow ...? pozdrawiam
Czy znacie jakies [url=http://programy48.pl]darmowe programy[/url] do edycji rejestru ...? Dzieki
Czy znacie jakies [url=http://programy48.pl]darmowe programy[/url] do tworzenia ikon ...?
Czy znacie jakies [url=http://programy48.pl]darmowe programy[/url] do pobierania plikow ...? pozdrawiam
siemafajna strona [url=http://www.centrumrumianek.com/Zabiegi_na_twarz.html]zabiegi kosmetyczne kraków[/url]
!
My spouse and i ended up being really joyful Ervin managed to complete his investigations from the ideas he made while using the web site. It is now and again perplexing to simply continually be making a gift of helpful hints the rest might have been making money from. We really do understand we've got you to be grateful to for this. These illustrations you've made, the straightforward web site navigation, the friendships you give support to instill - it's everything fantastic, and it's leading our son and the family know that this matter is satisfying, which is extremely essential. Thank you for all the pieces!
[url=http://www.centrumrumianek.com/kontakt.php]salon kosmetyczny kraków[/url]
Post a Comment