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How has journalism developed over time and what does it mean for the industry?
We have all seen those ancient photographs of the sturdy, reliable typewriters which were once the image of printed journalism. However, as society has developed, the nature of journalism has been drastically altered. Today, with universal access to online resources, it is just to assume that individuals are relying more on the internet and social media platforms for their news consumption. The remediation I have created demonstrates this trend.
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This information chart provided by PEW Research Centre demonstrates how viewing habits have changed over one year. From this data, we can expect that the use of online news sources will continue to grow in the future.
As a result of this trend, ‘distributive journalism‘ is a new concept surrounding how journalistic work is produced, shared and interacted with online. This is more commonly known as ‘citizen journalism’, whereby anyone with access to internet and medium for publication can become a journalist, or simply spread the work of others. Arguably, the allowance for any individual to publish information drastically reduces the credibility of sources and the value of consumption. It is also alleged that this ability to distribute news quickly, easily and widely online may contribute to incidents of ‘fake news’.
It is not hard to fathom the idea that the development of societal values, citizen journalism, and fake news are linked together. However, there are many advantages to online journalism too. The ability to interact with content, and easily search for comparative information, is an obvious way in which we can widen credibility. People are enabled to challenge what they read, and the credibility of the source from which it came. Decades ago, when print organisations published articles, they were tainted by political bias and editing. As such, individuals were limited by the information provided and unable to investigate issues further.
My remediation tries to link these ideas together. That is to say, as society has developed, so has the method of communication, but this does not mean the content is vastly corrupted.