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Newspapers
Convergence
C-Span program talks about how Bezos buying Washington Post brings together a digital native and newspaper industry like never before.
C-Span Program talks about how newspapers are converging more with the commerce route rather than being funded by advertisement.
Wealthy elites tend to be the ones buying out newspaper companies so they are being owned by fewer people (C-Span).
Lisa DeSisto: Journalism has the ability to draw people together and converge from different backgrounds to relate to common humanity.
Arguments over the need for government regulation and freedom of the press led to the passing of the Sedition Act and then subsequent allowance of its lapse.
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Newspapers choose what to print and so act as gatekeepers to what information people get or do not get.
Steven Hoenisch, believes newspapers are less worried with pleasing their audiences and more concerned with pleasing their advertisers and stockholders.
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JOAs made a way for newspaper companies to share the cost of advertising, business, and circulation operations.
Mobile Media
C-Span Program talks about how the Internet was part of bankrupting newspaper companies and causing them to go online along with the hardcopies.
The textbook talks about how fewer people are reading hardcopies and instead are turning to the internet for their source of news.
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There is a need for newspapers to be willing to change with the time and that might mean they will need to go completely online and no print (Think Big--"Is the Internet Killing the Newspaper?").
Lisa DeSisto: While the online platform may be a threat to journalism it is a tremendous opportunity for journalism.
The internet changed the journalism world from being primarily focused on the written word to having big focuses on images and style.
Multiple Platforms
News is changing since a person can get it through various platforms whether a blog, social media, online newspaper, etc. (C-Span).
Lisa DeSisto: she believes both the paper and online are important parts of journalism and both should stick around.
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Social Media
The future of newspapers and magazines is in journalists letting go of some of their prestige and allowing for common folk to be a part of the dialogue in a social way (Big Think--"The Future of Newspapers and Magazines").
Beatbloggers are journalists who have capitalized on the social aspect of blogging and engage their readers by allowing them to be a part of the reporting process (textbook).
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Lisa DeSisto: Social media is a huge way that people access their newspaper since it gets higher circulation via the shares and likes.
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User-Generated Content
There is a need for allowing human social interaction when it comes to news in some form of user-generation. This means the business model needs to change (Big Think--"The Future of Newspapers and Magazines").
The younger generation is the main responsible party for the major shift from print to online for the news industry.
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Audience Segmentations
the introduction of T.V. and radio caused major competition for newspapers and divided audience attention.
Niche Newspapers target particular ethnic, racial, or language groups.