Basic Concepts Of Online Journalism

Distinguishing Characteristics of Online Journalism

• Real time
• Shifted time
• Multimedia
• Interactive

Characteristics of Online Journalism

• Hypertextuality
• Interactivity
• Multimediality
• Immediacy

Characteristics of the Internet

• Anonymity
• Interactivity
• Beyond geography
• Online community
• Lower cost to participate in the public sphere
• Lower threshold for self-expression of political opinions

Impact of Internet on Journalism

• Traditional media started developing online presence
• Anyone can be publisher
• Internet introduced Mass interaction to mass media
• Impact of internet on News gathering
• Impact of internet on Access to information and distribution of News


Flexible Delivery Platforms

• Online news contents included in search able databases
• SMS on cells• Breaking News emails alerts
• RSS feed
• Impact of internet on Process, Production, Storing, retrieval and Presentation of news.