Comments on: Internet Ends Monopoly on Journalism and News Content Production Says Alan Kohler http://justanother24hours.com/media/internet-ends-monopoly-on-journalism-and-news-content-production-says-alan-kohler/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:09:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kimberley http://justanother24hours.com/media/internet-ends-monopoly-on-journalism-and-news-content-production-says-alan-kohler/comment-page-1/#comment-6250 Kimberley Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:49:59 +0000 http://justanother24hours.com/?p=498#comment-6250 I too was at this forum where, as expected, each speaker was a clear supporter for their medium of communication. I agree that traditional media has a firm place in society as it is, indeed tradition, one that I feel sets an unspoken form and standard (although the levels of standard vary between publications) of communication to the masses. And it is the ‘to’ part which is the significant aspect of print. It is one way. It is providing information in a static and gazetted manner. Online, as we know, presents a completely different medium for communication where anyone can be a journalist and publish their own news…even online news providers. Web 2.0 is a wonderful tool however I don’t think it can be fairly judged against and compared with print. Online has already proven to be a highly valuable extension of print/tv/radio, as well as successful independent news providers. I’d like to see it co-exist with traditional media so the two forms provide something for everyone; particularly for those without internet access as pointed out by one audience member. Yes, that’s right, there are still many people out there with no web 2.0 who do not have published voices let alone a blog presence or Twitter profile. I too was at this forum where, as expected, each speaker was a clear supporter for their medium of communication. I agree that traditional media has a firm place in society as it is, indeed tradition, one that I feel sets an unspoken form and standard (although the levels of standard vary between publications) of communication to the masses. And it is the ‘to’ part which is the significant aspect of print. It is one way. It is providing information in a static and gazetted manner. Online, as we know, presents a completely different medium for communication where anyone can be a journalist and publish their own news…even online news providers.

Web 2.0 is a wonderful tool however I don’t think it can be fairly judged against and compared with print. Online has already proven to be a highly valuable extension of print/tv/radio, as well as successful independent news providers. I’d like to see it co-exist with traditional media so the two forms provide something for everyone; particularly for those without internet access as pointed out by one audience member. Yes, that’s right, there are still many people out there with no web 2.0 who do not have published voices let alone a blog presence or Twitter profile.

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