+Technology to Future of Newspapers

An NGUYEN

Christina TONG

Save?

Destroy?

+ History of Newspapers

Modern Newspapers: Britain - Early 17th Century

Changes: - Level of differentiation of readership

- Increasingly tailored content

(Political – Social – Economic – Cultural)

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Technology Newspapers

Save

Destroy

+ Decline of Print Newspapers

Source: Deutsche Bank Securities

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAajHUUFFlI&feature=related

+ Information SocietyCharacterized by an abundance of information

Shared globally and quickly through Internet network

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ&feature=player_embedded

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Technology helps transform newspapers into a new form of communicating information

+1. Readers have more power over the content of information+ Filter out content+ Produce news (bloggers, social network users)

+ 2. It’s about time for a transition+ More newspapers focus on online news Paperless era

+“Internet and technology was not the enemy, but complementary platforms that media owners could take advantage of”, Rupert   Murdoch,  NewsCorp  CEO.

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THANK YOU!

+Questions:1. Do  you  think  that  print  newspapers  will  disappear

 entirely  in  the  future?  

2. What  skills  are  most  vital  for  an  online  journalist?

 

3. How  can  readers  manage  the  mass  information

 they  access  everyday  through  digital  newspapers?