Old news vs. New news. The decline of the newspaper industry is imminent. With a decline in circulation and an increasing number of online newspapers, the paper newspaper that we are accustomed to is on the path to extinction. If this video doesn’t foreshadow it’s demise then I don’t know what does.
Archive for October, 2011
Traditionally, newspapers primarily contained information about war, crime and other hard news relevant to the community it was distributed in. So, when did sensationalism and yellow journalism come into play? This video explains.
Netflix has encountered problems in the recent third quarter as a result of a change in its business model. Similar to the changing face of how we receive and interact with news, Netflix has altered the way we interact with films. When the change from spoken to written to printed news occurred, there was less […]
With our Super-Blog themes hanging over our heads, this semester’s crop of burgeoning printed news historians would be well served to continue seeking out the “little known facts” of history that never got much pub. These lesser known knowledge nuggets are usually small pieces of larger stories that defined history. Like the story of Abraham […]
“I’m your biggest fan. I’ll follow you until you love me. Papa-paparazzi.” – Lady Gaga The paparazzi as we know it is a relatively new phenomena and term. It originates from Fellini’s film, La Dolce Vita. In it, an Italian photographer named Paparazzo — an Italian dialect word that describes the annoying noise similar to […]
[View the story “Americas Pastime, but not the future” on Storify]
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Since we took our first test last class, I decided I’d do a wrap-up of all the ethnic press events from our timeline.
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Tags: Ethnic Press, history of print journalism, Internet, Lexie Ramage, newspapers, radio, Television, timeline
Tags: Ethnic Press, history of print journalism, Internet, Lexie Ramage, newspapers, radio, Television, timeline
Facebook, Twitter and even Youtube have provided new and exciting ways to communicate with our friends. These outlets have given people ways to communicate with people they don’t even know. A key aspect in participating in these websites is getting the alerts that someone has contacted you. These are comparable to the ringing of a […]
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Tags: Brad Paisley, Carrie Delisio, Demand for News, Julianne Hough, Karl Ravech, Miranda Lambert, Twitter
Tags: Brad Paisley, Carrie Delisio, Demand for News, Julianne Hough, Karl Ravech, Miranda Lambert, Twitter
The Demise of Gaddafi: Even dictators can’t have honorable downfalls anymore
Posted by: Ramy Zabarah | October 24, 2011 | No Comment |British newspapers have come a long since the Licensing Act and censorship of the 17th century. In 2011 there are hundreds of newspapers in UK as well as Sunday newspapers that have taken over. In this blog, I’ll be giving you a little rundown on the top five newspapers in the UK as well as […]
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Tags: ABC, Adam Schefter, Bob Sharpe, CBS, Chris Broussard, ESPN, Karl Ravech, NBC, Osama Bin Laden, Pierre LeBrun, Sports Reporting
Tags: ABC, Adam Schefter, Bob Sharpe, CBS, Chris Broussard, ESPN, Karl Ravech, NBC, Osama Bin Laden, Pierre LeBrun, Sports Reporting