By
Natasha Chewe Mulenga
It is quite interesting really; the evolution
of media is at an all-time high.
If one recalls, letter writing was a personal favorite and kept me socialized
in my own little way. Yet today, i become a victim of the text bug and so has 90% of the population.
On your way to work, through different
transportation routes such as train, personal vehicle or even bus, newspapers
have been around for so long to be thrown away today. Though digital media
seems to be spring cleaning its way into 90% of the households i may have been
in.
The value of print against digital media can
be compared in so many ways yet would not be fair in terms of progress. One
would look at it this way, twitter is convenient, easy to use and more
affordable than a newspaper purchase made at local supermarkets.
The question of credibility comes into play as
today anyone can be termed a journalist simply because of the availability of
platforms online for one to express their self. Is print journalism dying? Is
digital media the cause? One would think there is equal blame on each type of
media.
Furthermore, one would look at print media as
restricting as the sole purpose is to break news and wonder what else happens.
Usually front page stories may vary from 300 to 500 words and then be made a
follow up for the next coming weeks. One would then argue that digital media on
the other hand is so diverse that a reader can make his/her own conclusion
through reading many articles and also can ask the author questions to clarify
anything that may have been missed unlike newspaper or magazine.
As much as newspapers seem more
inappropriate, they remain an object of importance in the sense that they can
be kept for future reference for any journalist and reader. Although
environmental factors may come to play, there are many campaigns being run on
reducing the harvesting of trees for production.
It is simply up to the reader to decide which
means of media to use in the extraction of information. Furthermore in relation
to journalism and media distribution, bloggers maybe denting the image of what
true journalism is as the accuracy of their information is questionable. Before
one had to get a degree in journalism to be called a journalist and put through
different channels to prove their authenticity in media coverage yet today that
is not the case.
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External Links
http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/papers/harper.html Journalism in the digital Age by Christopher
Harper
Sports Journalism: Context and Issues: Media,
Communication and Culture Series, Raymond Boyle,Pine Forge Press, 2006
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