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James Curran's keynote speech on the difficulties of futurology in the media field. He suggested that most pundits pontificating on the future of journalism lack a public interest perspective; or they assume that it is self-evident that journalism (as it is practiced now) serves the public interest, ativan online cheap. Vermont VT Vt. , He presented a strong case for the continued relevance of public service media, based on his (and others') studies of the correlation between public understanding of political issues and the presence of strong public broadcasting, comprar ativan baratos.
Stephan Russ-Mohl of the European Journalism Observatory on the necessity of 'public education' on the need to pay for news, order ativan. Köpa billiga ativan, I'm not sure I agree with him (he seemed to ignore the fact that linking and search now drives a lot of news consumption online, and that erecting paywalls will effectively cut you off from both linking and search), ativan pills, Buy ativan online cheap, but his discussion on the problems and weaknesses of current and various experimental funding models (like micro payments) was very lucid.
Kevin Barnhurst on the form and structure of online news: over the period studied (2001-2005), cheap ativan no prescription, Buy ativan online, he discovered that on most news sites, crime and accident news have migrated closer to the front page and politics coverage has migrated further away - i.e, North Carolina NC N.C. . Ativan farmacia a buon mercato, you need to click further away from the front page to get to the politics coverage, whereas crime and accident news (often accompanied by pictures) have either moved to the front page or require less clicks to get to, halvalla ativan apteekki. Kentucky KY Ky. , A clear empirical indication of tabloidization if I ever saw one. Order ativan, On Sep 18, I was at the 2009 Oxford Social Media Convention. Everyone there was, billig ativan apotek, Ativan prescription, appropriately, tweeting the event - a "Twitterfall" displaying all the tweets using the #oxsmc09 hashtag was projected onto a screen in the lecture theatre, Kjøp Discount ativan. Discount ativan, Somewhat distracting but also interesting to follow the comments on the event itself and the speakers as the day was unfolding. The Convention also marked the release of the latest Reuters Institute (where I work, order ativan online without prescription, Cheapest ativan in the world, duh) report, on citizen journalism by Washington Post journalist and former Reuters Fellow John Kelly, billig kaufen ativan. Ativan without prescription, Read the report - it's been noticed in the Twitterverse. And by all means check out John Kelly's blog, order ativan. He's a smart guy, kjøpe ativan online. Buy generic ativan, And funny.
Having said that, Virginia VA Va. , the Social Media Convention was a big fat FAIL on my part. Did I join the tweeting. Order ativan, No, because I stupidly forgot to charge up my laptop and didn't bring the power cord, so I had about 16 mins worth of power for the whole day. Instead, I'm sitting here blogging about the event, like, several days after it happened. So 20th century, man. I promise to do better next time.
Postscript: Best quote from the Social Media Convention came from Kara Swisher at All Things Digital. "Google will achieve self-awareness in 2012 and exterminate the human race.".
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3 responses so far ↓
C Magnus Berglund // Sep 22, 2009 at 10:47 am
Hi
First, time to get a decent phone that allows You to tweet!
Second: Did You follow the debate (in swedish) on the issue of news on the web: http://www.va.se//asikter/bloggar/natet/2009/09/22/skilj-pa-applen-och-paron-/ (swedish)
http://translate.google.se/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.va.se%2F%2Fasikter%2Fbloggar%2Fnatet%2F2009%2F09%2F22%2Fskilj-pa-applen-och-paron-%2F&sl=sv&tl=en&history_state0= (Google english)
Stephan Russ-Mohl // Sep 24, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Hi - I don’t think I am ignoring the fact that linking and search now drives a lot of news consumption online, and that erecting paywalls will effectively cut you off from both linking and search.
But I have severe doubts that you can make enough money from search and linking to sustain a large newsroom which is a prerequisite for certain forms of quality journalism which are essential as “food for thought”…
If micropayments work, I don’t see why articles you have to pay for should not show up in search machines. And frankly, I think there are a lot of people “out there” who will pay for access to the Guardian or the New York Times online as soon as they can’t have it for free anymore.
Henrik // Oct 8, 2009 at 9:26 am
Stephan: fair enough, though you didn’t talk about this in your presentation!
I guess we’ll see soon whether audiences are willing to pay for limited paywalls: Times have started their Times+ service, and The Economist are going to charge for access to their archives.
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