Changing Nature of Journalism: What is Modern Journalism appear?

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Facebook Remains a Major Gateway to Online News (https://www.statista.com/chart/16304/social-media-as-a-news-source/) by Pew Research Center (CC BY-ND 2.0)

 

Journalism has changed tremendously within the recent decade after the rampant of social media. It is stated by Digital Journalism (n.d.) and Baker (2019) that social media and online news outlets’ availability massively diminished newspaper audiences. In contrast, televised journalism’s audiences were applicable today by different media such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and personal blogs (Digital Journalism n.d.: ‘Now: Journalism in the Digital Age). Radio news also is still quite famous today (ibid.). But rather than highlighting breaking news and analysis, they focus more on human interest content (ibid.).

 

Modern journalism has made news various and accessible to everyone, anywhere at any time. The alternation from the traditional newspaper to wired-coverage media has enabled long-distance broadcasting and rapid globalization (Digital Journalism n.d.: ‘How Technology Affected the Path of Journalism’). However, due to the crowded industry and fierce competition in digital journalism, very few journalists aim for good quality news but being the first to get them out to the public and get the most attention. This then resulted in poorly structured information with typos, little research, and sometimes nonfactual (Baker 2019). According to an article by Great Value Colleges (n.d.: ‘Donation-Based Payments’), the new era of journalism is often directed to the advertiser-based payment model, where an article aims to pursue many audiences by luring them through clickbait and providing them unrelatable information.

 

An anonymous writer from Tribune (2020) stated that “Across the media industry, the drive for profit amid falling revenue is building vast churnalism mills where journalists serve advertisers more than the public. The only solution is for media workers to get organized.”

 

In conclusion, the modern era of journalisms indeed extends the bridge for connectivity around the world. However, saying that this expansion brings a better assurance to the industry or the audiences is debatable. The unlimited number of articles post in a day has resulted in an uncontrollable manner and quality. Hence, the news industry has no better time to stringent the policy for producing good quality news so the public will not easily be provoked and misled.




Reference List


Digital Journalism (n.d.) The Changing Nature of Journalism, Digital Journalism, accessed 15 November 2020.


Baker K (28 October 2019) ‘Journalism is dying, and I have no idea what will happen to us’, Mumbrella, accessed 15 November 2020.


Great Value Colleges (n.d.) 5 Ways Journalism Has Changed Over the Years, Great Value Colleges, accessed 15 November 2020.


Tribune Magazine (27 April 2020) ‘The Slow Death of Modern Journalism’, Tribune, accessed 15 November 2020.



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