1What is online journalism? - Ayo Menulis FISIP UAJY

12 Journalism Online
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World Wide Web
If you have a PC with a modem you can connect it, via a telephone
line, to the Internet and then to the Web. Your PC has to be loaded
with a browser. This is the software that allows you to navigate the
Web and access its contents.
You also have to sign up to an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
The ISP hooks you into the system and provides you with an
information storage area.
There is more information on the Web than you could possibly
ever read or want to read. So one of the first things you must learn
is to be selective. Web information is usually kept on web sites.
There are now millions of these, built and hosted by a myriad of
organizations and individuals, for example:
news organizations (e.g. newspapers, television companies and
news agencies);
commercial organizations (e.g. manufacturers, retailers and
financial services);
organizations from national and local governments;
pressure groups – people wanting to change something, be it in
the political, social or ecological sphere;