Monday, 3 October 2011

Lecture 6

The lecture in week 6 introduced us to the ever-expanding world of web news.

Old Media

Old media, also known as traditional or heritage media, was characterised by mass communication such as
  • newspapers
  • magazines
  • radio
  • television
These forms of media were derived from industrial models, and were essentially instruments of mass communication to target large audiences.

Web 1.0

The 'information web'.
  • very advertising friendly
  • re-purposing for the web
  • hyperlinks without interaction

Web 2.0

The 'social web'.
  • Facebook, Twitter, Skype
  • Wikipedia
  • focus upon social groups
  • prod-users
    • producer-users
    • produsage
      • models of production which are led by, or crucially involved, users
      • demonstrates the changed content production value chain model in collaborative online environment

Web 3.0

The 'semantic web'.
  • making sense of information on the web
  • machine-readable meaning to packets of information
    • e.g. location or interest specific advertising
  • multi-layer questions - 'meta taggging'
  • special HTML tags providing information on web pages
  • focus is upon individuals
  • enabled by Smartphones, as they can
    • access where you are
    • know what you are doing
    • remember previous activity


iPhone's Ability to Access Personalised Information

 
What does 'Web 3.0' mean for the news?
  • hyperlocalisation
  • specific content delivery
    • news my way
    • advertising specifics
    • lack of general knowledge

Entitlement: is it the death of journalism?

Web news has always been cheap and available, just as newspapers have always been cheap and widely available, so what happens if we have to start paying?

Considerations
  • newspapers used to make money through advertising and the classifieds
    • yet Ebay has surpassed the classifieds
    • resulting in reluctance to pay for advertising in newspapers


  • People are reluctant to pay for things online, due to previous sense of entitlement
  • Monetising - will people pay for journalism if you can value-add?
    • known as a paywall
    • e.g. 'Times Plus' - membership gives additional privileges
Times Plus

 
The media industry is always changing, and nowhere is this more evident than the web.

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