A study of Twitter usage by the top 100 U.S. newspapers found that while all hosted feeds, almost 40 per cent didn’t link to those feeds from their websites. The Bivings Group study also reported many newspaper tweeters did not make effective use of the social media application’s reply capabilities to interact with readers.
Recent articles of interest published in scholarly journals: “Evaluating Journalism: Towards an assessment framework for the practice of journalism,” by Ivor Shapiro, Journalism Practice 4 (2), April 2010 “The Globe on Saturday, The World on Sunday: Toronto weekend editions and the influence of the American Sunday paper, 1886-1895“, by Sandra Gabriele and Paul Moore, Canadian…
With ad revenues slumping and web readership growing, news industry leaders are again mulling over making people pay to read online news. Two consulting companies recently released results of their own studies into consumer preparedness to pay for news and the results are … inconlusive. The Boston Consulting Group polled more than 5,000 people in nine countries and concluded many consumers would pay a…
News organizations that wait for online revenue to increase before reallocating major resources from traditional products to online products are making a huge and possibly terminal mistake, according to a research paper presented to a conference on the future of journalism hosted by the Yale Law School. News consumers are shifting their attention to online products much faster than ad spending, but the money will catch up,…
In a special issue, Journalism examines how transformations in the media business are impacting working conditions and labour practices in the journalism workplace. Articles include: “Compressed dimensions in digital media occupations: Journalists in transformation,” by Amy Schmitz Weiss and Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce “Token responses to gendered newsrooms: Factors in the career-related decisions of…
Although recent Pew surveys in the United States have documented a serious decline in the public’s perception of news media’s performance in areas like accuracy and neutrality, the role played by the press in monitoring and criticizing government and politicians continues to be regarded as a valuable and important public service.
Despite the surging popularity of social media sites, content-oriented sites are by far the biggest attraction online, according to figures compiled by the Online Publishers Association. In fact, the number of people attracted to content sites and the amount of time they spend there are growing. So far, it appears the dramatic growth in popularity of social media is happening…
The National Sports Journalism Center at Indiana University has just launched sportsjournalism.org, a website devoted to the subject of sports journalism and sports media.
The latest Pew survey into the credibility of U.S. news media paints a bleak picture, with the news media’s reputation reaching or matching all-time lows for accuracy, neutrality, independence and willingness to admit mistakes. Also notable is the pervasive partisan divide between how Republicans and Democrats view specific news organizations.
U.S. media companies suffered a devastating decline in advertising revenue during the first six months of this year, according to a Nielsen report. Biggest losers included the newspaper and magazine sectors. Gainers included infomercials and smartphone ads.