Effect on online technology

Effect on Online Technology

Traditional Paper-based Form	Online News Site
Has a purchase price.  Is not free	Has predominantly free content
gh ;Can be read on daily broadsheets and tabloids;;’	Can be accessed anywhere with internet access
Can be easily marked or destroyed	Content remains even if portal of access is destroyed.
Usually target a specific audience base	Usually has an unbiased view
Costly to produce; paper, printing etc.	Very cheap or often free to produce
Costly to distribute	Cheap to distribute
News stories are often news from the day before and isn’t edited until the next day	Can offer countless news stories at any one time plus the ability to archive stories, although many of these news stories are simply replications or re-workings of main news stories and may be cut and pasted news stories from other mainstream news sites.
Only print version of story available	Has countless different version of stories on different websites
Cannot be updated immediately and regularly	Is updated immediately once a breaking news story appears
Is not interactive	Can be interactive
Cannot allow audience immediate feedback/ citizen journalism	News websites has links to social media and comment sections to allow readers citizen journalism
Can offer in-depth analysis and comment but is limited by space.	Varied options for expansion of topic matter.  In depth editorials and comment.

Feature	Audience Gratification
Long-running chat boards	Allows audiences to discuss and interact with other news readers
Network of weblogs	This allows audiences to post up their own views on news stories on blogs
Leaving comments on articles	Can make an audience feel powerful by creating the idea that they are challenging the news institution’s values
Readers can access articles online, on mobile devices through RSS feeds or on eBook readers.	This new technology gives viewers an opportunity to get updated on news ‘on the go’.
Varied selection of categories in easy accessible genre areas	Different sections such as, media and sports allows viewers to read what they are interested in
Images	Images makes the news sites more attractive to watch and gives them a greater understanding on what they are reading
Podcast	This gives audiences the opportunity to listen to news stories on mp3
Access to paper-based content	You can read the paper in paper-based content to make it tangible when reading news stories
Dating sites/ personals	Allows viewers to meet other readers to make the news more interactive