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Diversity of Journalisms. Proceedings of ECREA/CICOM Conference, Pamplona, 4-5 July 2011
Tradition and Innovation in Online Journalistic Genres
Tellería, Ana Serrano
University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
The narrative of internet news is still mainly textual even when information comes
from different previous media (press, radio, tv) or it is an “online native” cybermedia.
Also its design is more related to a press one rather than an audiovisual one, bearing
in mind internet potentialities. Only when we paid attention to infographics or some
kind of specials, we could appreciate clearly an innovation in online journalistic
genres.
We propose a methodology to analyze online news from different type of cybermedia:
only online and previous one come from press, radio or tv. Methological approach will
be based on content analyses and Information Architecture and Visualization,
Interactive Design, Usability and Genre will be applied as main Academic principles.
Our aim is to focus on informative treatment and conclude which characteristics and
at what level is cybermedia influenced by their previous counterpart (press, radio or
tv). We will select one topic everyday and we will compare it between different
cybermedia. The selection of topics will include all sections offered and we are
planning to carry on it during one month.
Paper panel 15 – The future of newspaper journalism
Tuesday, July 5th 8.30 - 10.00 (Room 3)
IPad journalism - revolutionary or a canard?
Merja, Drake
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Journalist Programmes, Helsinki, Finland
Background:
Journalism faced many challenges during the last decades. Maybe one of the
greatest influences has been the invention of the Internet. Online journalism has
played a very important role in the Internet’s growth (Foust 2005). According to Paul
(2008), the Internet is not the first disruptive technology that news organizations have
contended with, but it may be the widest reaching.
In recent years, there has been much discussion about what is the role of social
media and Web 2.0 in journalism. (Aunesluoma, Majava & Wilenius 2010; Kaplan &
Haenlein 2010; Kim, Jeong & Lee 2010; boyd & Ellison 2008; Burns 2008; Domingo
et al. 2008; Castells 2007; Lietsala & Sirkkunen 2008; Deuze 2006; Gillmor 2006;
Rosen 2005; 2004; Bowman & Willis 2003; Pavlik 2001.)
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