How has news changed in the last 20 years?

How has news changed in the last 20 years?

I believe that news has changed in the last 20 years due to the fact that technology and new digital media is improving vastly. This is evident due to the internet and social media. Technology has been improving and expanding rapidly in last 20 years. It has had a massive effect on the way news developed since Gutenberg’s printing press. New digital media has had a massive impact in the decline of print media due to the raise of e-media. This is the case as audiences interact and socialise through social media sites through news.  

I would say that institutions have it enhanced such as Twitter and Facebook due to the change in how audiences absorb news in the last 20 years. Massive institutions haven’t benefited due to the raise of citizen journalism. Citizen journalism helps promote these social media sites as it will attract users to share the content. However, it has disadvantaged institutions due to the fact the journalists are losing jobs as people do not read the news from traditional mass media institutions such as the metro.

From this I can conclude that traditional mass media institutions have suffered more by the change of news consumption in the last 20 years. New and digital media has given news to become far more accessible for audiences .

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Who has benefited most from the changes new and digital media have had on the news industry - audiences or institutions?

I believe that news has changed in the last 20 years due to the fact that technology and new digital media is improving vastly. This is evident due to the internet and social media. Technology has been improving and expanding rapidly in last 20 years. It has had a massive effect on the way news developed since Gutenberg’s printing press. New digital media has had a massive impact in the decline of print media due to the raise of e-media. This is the case as audiences interact and socialise through social media sites through news.  I would say that institutions have it enhanced such as Twitter and Facebook due to the change in how audiences absorb news in the last 20 years. Massive institutions haven’t benefited due to the raise of citizen journalism. Citizen journalism helps promote these social media sites as it will attract users to share the content. However, it has disadvantaged institutions due to the fact the journalists are losing jobs as people do not read the news from traditional mass media institutions such as the metro.

It is clear that almost everyone is trying to use new and digital media to the fullest, whether or not if its on apps on their phones or live podcasts on their phones. Institutions have benefited from the changes in new and digital media in many ways. They have brought a lot to the news industry. Now that there is internet, it is being used for many things. For example, you can watch the news on the website its comes from, or on youtube. Furthermore, you can read newspapers on websites and listen to the news on the radio which you could have always done. Also, you can access news headlines or stories on your phone by downloading the apps from newspapers or new or by simply going online. For example, Daily mail app or BBC news app. additionally, institutions such as Google have gained so much monopoly power over the past few years and they have gained even larger coverage and a better reputation within the industry without realising the drawbacks of their institutions growth. On the other hand, I think that the audiences have benefited more than the institutions. This is because they can access news articles on their phone, laptop, computer, tablets and ipads. Its portable everywhere. Also, the can access the magazines articles, watch the news on their websites or on youtube, they can read and search anything anywhere. If they just read a newspaper they would have to pay a small amount, they would have to make sure that they get the right issue, they will have to make sure that they get the issue everyday and that means going to the shops or making sure that they get delivered home. Instead, they can do this at home via the internet which is easier for them. This helps them as its more efficient and quick. The media industry has obviously evolved a lot since everything has moved onto being electronically done, but focusing on a more narrow industry it is easy to understand that the e-media industry rather than the print has definitely witnessed the benefits more. Due to more free and easily accessed apps and news pages online, there has definitely been a decline in the newspaper industry which would have lead to more job loses and closures for newspaper.