online newapapers

online newspapers


pros:

• can be updated quickly and easily without having to publish any new copies- online notifications.
• doesn't waste a large amount of paper.
• more accessible for all different types of people.
• help to reduce company costs as they don't need as many staff.

cons:

• can be easily hacked to change the news to things that are obviously incorrect without anyone knowing. 
• people believe anything that they read online (links to above)

David Gauntlett's theory:

• web 2.0 is "harnessing collective intelligence"
• In Web 2.0 the idea of media gods is somewhat lessened with advent of YouTube and social media as we know it. Internet users are given the ability to share and comment on other users content and property via the multitude of social media sites available, this effectively gives everyone the ability to become a producer of media, or a critic of it. 
• gone from a passive to an active audience

audience advantages and disadvantages:
convenience, access, technology, ephemeral, interactivity, participation, content, context, presentation, Gauntlett, cost, cost, niche access.


institution advantages and disadvantages:
synergies, revenue streams, advertising, audience sizes, additional context, cost, cost of production and distribution, audience data, audience feedback, brand extensions, Gauntlett


daily mirror: net readership- 17,484,000   print- 6,847,000    online- 14,001,000
daily telegraph: net readership- 16,357,000   print- 3,293,000   online- 13,064,000

• recession means that people don't have as much spare money to buy newspapers when it happens to be free online.
• people want to be able to access their news at any time and it to be the most recent thing, by using online newspapers it means that people can get the most recent news at any time.
• print editions are already old news by the time they are out and do not have the essence of time on their hands.
• advertisers can advertise online for free and also reach a much larger audience so it is more worthwhile for them. 
• advertising revenue has decreased and is what pays for around 70% of the newspaper costs.

the circulation of print newspapers has decreased largely over the last few years for numerous reasons. online news is much more easily accessible for people and gives them the most current and important news anytime, and anywhere. it is much easier and cost effective for advertisers to put their adverts into online newspapers so the print papers are losing a large mass of their funding.it is also a lot better for the environment to have online newspapers as being the primary source on news as it means that there is less waste from physical print papers, which is very important in todays society.