News 2.0h, I don’t think so?
March 17th, 2008 · No Comments
The State of the News Media 2008. As always, it's an engrossing read, but among the more interesting conclusions are that user-generated content plays little role in creating and disseminating news content, and that interactivity on media sites (both traditional and alternative) still is limited.
In contrast, while journalists as a professional group (survey commentary here) are becoming more pessimistic about the future - particularly their financial future - they are eager to embrace new technologies and their pessimism does not extend to technology and its (possible) effects on journalism. So while it seems journalists do want to use the potential of technology to do new things, there are less of those new things available from news sites than you would expect.
Typically, the part of the report I was most looking forward to reading, a special report on the state of newsrooms and newsroom practices, will not be available until later. Oh well, all good things come to those who wait.
Tags: US · Research · Online news · Journalism · Journalistic practice · Citizen journalism · user-generated content
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