New journalism
4. New media and journalism
Journalism changed a lot through the years. it has been Incorporated and adapted to the new digital era.
Back in the day, you would wait for the news at eight in the morning to get the top headlines from around the world. Only the most important events of the last days. This system changed drastically.
The most basic change it’s been the digitalization of the newspapers. Not having to buy a physical copy or waiting an entire day for the next number.
Nevertheless, one of the biggest change is that the new technology improved the convenience people have in accessing news. it has introduced an instantaneous way of accessing news through social media. Every second there is an infinite number of information, news through multiple news channels all around different sites.
New media journalism has the potential of reaching larger audiences in a shorter period of time. But additionally, has allowed a greater interaction between journalists and readers. It allowed people to have voice, to be able to express their opinion thanks to different tools.
One of this tools is social media where you can comment, share articles and have an interactive dialogue and social interaction as well with the journalist. Traditional one-way communication is turning into two-way conversation.
New news organizations have been born with this new digital society. Those are built only for social media. They understood how social platforms spread news stories and what nas the best format. These companies take advantage of social media and spread themselves through all internet using as many tools as possible to reach more people.
An example in Spain of these new media companies is called PlayGround. We can find them in their web www.playgroundmag.net where they post articles and news related to all kinds of subjects. Not only in a written format, also in a video format. They also post these videos in youtube and instagram, where they also post photos with headlines linked to the articles and Instastories with the same purpose. They are also in facebook where they post everything ant twitter to reach everyone as fast as possible with the headlines and small news.
Journalism changed a lot through the years. it has been Incorporated and adapted to the new digital era.
Back in the day, you would wait for the news at eight in the morning to get the top headlines from around the world. Only the most important events of the last days. This system changed drastically.
The most basic change it’s been the digitalization of the newspapers. Not having to buy a physical copy or waiting an entire day for the next number.
Nevertheless, one of the biggest change is that the new technology improved the convenience people have in accessing news. it has introduced an instantaneous way of accessing news through social media. Every second there is an infinite number of information, news through multiple news channels all around different sites.
New media journalism has the potential of reaching larger audiences in a shorter period of time. But additionally, has allowed a greater interaction between journalists and readers. It allowed people to have voice, to be able to express their opinion thanks to different tools.
One of this tools is social media where you can comment, share articles and have an interactive dialogue and social interaction as well with the journalist. Traditional one-way communication is turning into two-way conversation.
New news organizations have been born with this new digital society. Those are built only for social media. They understood how social platforms spread news stories and what nas the best format. These companies take advantage of social media and spread themselves through all internet using as many tools as possible to reach more people.
An example in Spain of these new media companies is called PlayGround. We can find them in their web www.playgroundmag.net where they post articles and news related to all kinds of subjects. Not only in a written format, also in a video format. They also post these videos in youtube and instagram, where they also post photos with headlines linked to the articles and Instastories with the same purpose. They are also in facebook where they post everything ant twitter to reach everyone as fast as possible with the headlines and small news.
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