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web. Indeed, the Yahoo news and media directory lists no less than 114 UK newspapers online (as of November 1998 … comprehensive Internet services. With such an array of sources available, the future of mass access to the Internet, possibly via TV … into more passive media such as the hardcopy newspaper. From a survey of UK and US news providers it is clear that American …
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. Using open‐ended interviews, questionnaires and observation, the impact of the Internet on the British Media was assessed … more senior journalists and the New Media journalists who used the Internet. Librarians were also significant users …There is very little qualitative data on what impact the Internet is having on information seeking in the workplace …
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The ex‐editor of Guardian Unlimited , considers the current position of newspaper Web sites. Points to the success of the old trusted brands. Agrees they cost a lot but believes newspapers have little choice but to continue to invest in them, they are becoming a fixed cost. Considers the rise...
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draws on the literature to discuss the opportunities the new social media tools brought to Arab societies, in terms of their … between the new media, a new generation and the uprising for democracy and political changes in North Africa. Findings – The … examines the use of the internet and mobile phones as tools for building democracy and bringing change. Evidence shows that …
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Analyses the “dumbing down” syndrome highlighting main quotes from BBC online, Kirkus Reviews and an interview between Roan Hoag of Amazon.xom and Pete Hamill whose book “News is a Verb” which attempts to unmask US journalism’s dumbing down. Looks at various tabloid‐style choices of...
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Weighs up whether a dumbing down has taken place in the British tabloid and broadsheet press. Material is presented from The Sun, The Daily Telegraph and The Times, and also from a number of television channels for comparison. Provides evidence which suggests that, while there has been changes...
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; the setting up of the Association of UK Media Librarians; the increasing professionalism of newspaper library staff … of the Internet and intranet in the work of the unit. Identifies areas of future change.  …
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Advice given in printed and web‐based sources on HTML META tags with NAME=‘DESCRIPTION ’is surveyed.To determin patterns of relationships among descriptions on the same site,links were followed automatically from 460 pages registered withYahoo! and previously found to contain...
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Mobile: ‘changing easily in expression, mood, purpose.’ Devices: ‘invent from existing principles or ideas.’ Definitions from Websters Universal Dictionary.
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Newsworthy stories have several common criteria that help news‐gatherers define them. One of these is that the story should be interesting for or of interest to the audience. This means that there are elements of a newsworthy story that are common to gossip, rumours, urban legends and hoaxes...
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