Framing Questions: Journalism

1. According to the reading/overview, “Citizen journalism at the local level is expanding rapidly and brimming with innovation. This year’s report includes a new study of 60 of the most highly regarded sites. The prospects for assembling sufficient economies of scale, audience and authority may be most promising at specialized national and international site,” which brings me to my question: Is citizen journalism the pillar of media convergence or a menace to the journalism world?

2. The section of Network TV and the Audience talked about the decline in nightly news network television, could the decline in the nightly news be a reflection of the recession? The data shows a slow decrease overtime in the viewership and demonstrates a strong correlation between the economy sink and viewership

3. In the section about magazines, it states “even in the 21st century, when the mode of delivery may be digital rather than print, some believe the magazine is still rooted in these distinctions from the 20th. The magazine involves a level of reflection at its heart that cannot fully be the focus of other kinds of news operations,” Are magazines still a popular paper information outlet because of its distinct focus on a particular theme or interest for a specific audience? Or, will magazines eventually fall short to the digital media convergence era we live in today?

Tags: media convergence