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03.25.09Pew Research Centre highlights continued decline in print readership[caption id="attachment_459" align="alignleft" width="229" caption="Pew Research Centre"][/caption] The Pew Research Center has published its 2008 News Media Consumption Survey, which - unsurprisingly - found a continued migration of readers / consumers from print media to online media. It also found a decline in newspaper readership - print and online. 43% of those surveyed in 2006 said they read a newspaper 'yesterday' - compared to 38% in the 2008 survey. The number of people that read just a print version of the newspaper fell to 25% from 34%. Newspaper readership declined overall, 14% of Americans said they read an online newspaper 'yesterday' compared ...
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10.01.08Implications of Digital News Media in the Context of the United States Presidential Election[caption id="attachment_256" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Utilitarianism: More votes to clever people"][/caption] In 1861, the philisopher John Stuart Mill wrote: the exercise of any political function, either as an elector or representative, is power over others. We live in tumultuous times. The United State Presidential Election is scheduled to take place on November 4 this year. The question remains relevant today: Do voters have a moral duty to be informed about politics? The majority of Americans rely on the television for their political information, not realising that most news networks are highly partisan, owned by corporations and biased. John Stuart Mill argued that the impact of political ignorance should ...
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06.17.08Journalists and bloggingThe Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) put on event tonight entitled 'Freelance Journalists and Blogging'. Laurel Papworth spoke on the topic in the glamorous surrounds of the Orient Hotel in the Rocks, Sydney. Papworth's presentation provided an overview of well known social networking sites and blogging platforms and instructions on how bloggers and content creators can promote their product via social media. It dealt with some of the implications for the freelance journalist community. The content was relatively rudimentary but well matched to the level of knowledge and experience among the audience of freelance writers. I have seen Papworth speak a few times. Tonight, I again learnt about some new stuff, fact and figures: The ...
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