2. Submitted by/to
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By: -
Muhammad Hanan
13151556-094
Tanveer Ahmad
13151556-056
Ali Raza
13151556-028
Arslan Ali
13151556-131
To: -
Mam Sobia Farooq
Subject: -
Introduction to Mass Communication
Section: -
BS(IT) 7th semester
(“B”)
University of Gujrat
3. Journalism
Journalism is the activity of gathering,
assessing, creating, and presenting news and
information. It is also the product of these
activities
Journalism is a form of writing that tells
people about things that really happened, but
that they might not have known about already.
4. Journalism Types
Types by medium
Print
Photo
Broadcast
Online
Types by message
Sports
Business
Crime
Politics
5. Online Journalism
Journalism is the science or the art
of writing or the business of
managing, editing or writing for,
newspapers, journals or magazines
collectively over the internet
8. History of Online Journalism
1993
October: First journalism site on
the Web is launched at the
University of Florida. There now
are about 200 web servers in the
world
Dec. 8: First article about the web
appears in the New York Times
1994
9. History of Online Journalism
1995
April 19: Oklahoma City Bombing
The first major event in which
people turn to the Internet for
current information
10. History of Online Journalism
1997
The Internet becomes part of a
major news story when members
of the Heaven’s Gate cult create a
website before committing suicide
1998
Early reports of U.S. President
Clinton’s involvement with White
House intern Monica Lewinsky
demonstrate how a small
independent news site can seize a
national news agenda
11. History of Online Journalism
2004
The Facebook website was
launched on February 4, 2004,
by Mark Zuckerberg, along with
fellow Harvard College students
and roommates
2006
Twitter was created in March 2006
by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz
StoneS and Evan Williams and
launched in July, whereby the
service rapidly gained worldwide
popularity.
12. History of Online Journalism
2013
Instagram
“arrives”
Instagram debuted in June 2013
15. Use of online Journalism
Main Stream News sites
CNN
BBC
Jang
Index and Category Sites
Social sites
16. Use of online Journalism
Meta and Comment sites
When people speak, they spend the
majority of their time communicating
what they want you to know. However,
at times they step back from the actual
topic and make a comment about the
topic like:
“It is very important that you
understand that …”
“I want you to know that …”
Share and Discussion Sites
Group weblogs
17. Advantages of Online Journalism
Web journalism is search-based
The sites can be accessed 24/7 from
the newspaper’s online archives
The website can be updated round-
the-clock
A newspaper is constrained for
space, and is often forced to cut or
drop stories
18. Advantages of Online Journalism
Feedback
A media website fulfils a long
cherished dream of all newspaper
readers
A media website can be accessed
from anywhere in the world
A news website can publish news
stories as video reports or
multimedia stories, making web
journalism a highly versatile news
medium
19. Disadvantages of Online Journalism
Text-based
No physical cues
Information overload
Does not appeal well to the older
generations
Time lag
20. Disadvantages of Online Journalism
Inefficient
Isolation
Not everyone has access to the
Internet
Does away with certain jobs dealing
with printing of newspapers
21. Positive impact for society
Globalization
Update w.r.t Time
Time Saving
Source of earning
Freedom of writing
22. Negative Impact for society
Health Issues
Time Waste
Communication Skills
Wrong information
23. Ethics in online Journalism
No plagiarism Disclose, disclose, disclose
24. Ethics in online Journalism
No gifts or money for coverage Check it out, then tell the truth