mass communication

1. Online Journalism

2. Submitted by/to
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By: -
Muhammad Hanan
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Tanveer Ahmad
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Ali Raza
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Arslan Ali
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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

6. Types of Online Journalism

7. Why we go online?

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

13. Medium
 Internet
 Social Media
 E-paper
 Blogs
 Portals
 Etc.

14. People
 Javed Chaudhry  Hassan Nisar

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

25. Ethics in online Journalism
 Be honest

26. Functions of Mass Communication
 Information
 Entertainment
 Educate
 Surveillance

27. Q/A ?
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28. Thank You…