CS 6 The Internet and News Usenet RSS

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CS 6 The Internet and News, Usenet, RSS

CS 6 The Internet and News, Usenet, RSS

News

News

●Internet and the News o Traditional Media adopting the Internet o Blogging and it’s

●Internet and the News o Traditional Media adopting the Internet o Blogging and it’s attractions ●Usenet o Oldie but goodie. ●RSS o Fresh News by the minute!

Traditional Media ●Traditional Media: o. Newspapers o. Radio o. TV News

Traditional Media ●Traditional Media: o. Newspapers o. Radio o. TV News

New News Media ●New News Media: o. Cable § CNN § Daily Show o.

New News Media ●New News Media: o. Cable § CNN § Daily Show o. Blogs § Professional Bloggers § Private Bloggers

●Many different sources offer different points of views ●Increases distrust in ‘major media’ ●People

●Many different sources offer different points of views ●Increases distrust in ‘major media’ ●People are cross-checking their news (77% use 3 -4 sources)

●Younger generation get news from o. Internet ocable TV shows ●News ‘awareness’ not determined

●Younger generation get news from o. Internet ocable TV shows ●News ‘awareness’ not determined by source, and is the same as 20 years ago =

Newspaper Readership ●Printed Newspaper Readership: 45. 5 million. ●Internet Newspaper Readership: 56 million. ●Newspapers

Newspaper Readership ●Printed Newspaper Readership: 45. 5 million. ●Internet Newspaper Readership: 56 million. ●Newspapers profits decrease from 30% to 21%, but still twice the average of a Fortune 500 company.

●Traditional media is expanding to Internet ●Printed news has § Paper costs § Delivery

●Traditional media is expanding to Internet ●Printed news has § Paper costs § Delivery costs § Longer time to print ●Online news has § Bandwidth costs § Shorter time to post § Increased competition § Greater risk of errors (perhaps less editing)

Ten Years ago vs. Today ●We predicted on-line news would have: o. Longer stories

Ten Years ago vs. Today ●We predicted on-line news would have: o. Longer stories o. More back information o. Hyper-linking between articles o. Greater back and forth communication between reporters and consumers.

Ten Years ago vs. Today ●What actually happened: o. Combination of media (video, text,

Ten Years ago vs. Today ●What actually happened: o. Combination of media (video, text, photo) o. Easier Archiving for topical histories. (ie, ‘ 2004 election’) o. Less formal tone (sometimes) o(often) shallower articles § true for some printed media too § E. g. , USA Today, OC Register § http: //www. AP. org or http: //www. UPI. com

Bloggers ●Like Independent News Reporters: o Seen as more credible (free of Big Brother)

Bloggers ●Like Independent News Reporters: o Seen as more credible (free of Big Brother) o Niche market (e. g. , celebrity, fashion, etc) o Inside access o Faster time-to-print (update via Smart Phone) o Responsive to their readers o Often more ‘personal’ news

Are Bloggers Journalists? ●California Courts say yes. o http: //www. citmedialaw. org/legal-guide/california-protections-sources-and-source-material ●Newspapers say

Are Bloggers Journalists? ●California Courts say yes. o http: //www. citmedialaw. org/legal-guide/california-protections-sources-and-source-material ●Newspapers say "no" (of course). ●Bloggers provide info at grassroots level ●previously only in diaries o long after the issue is past

Usenet

Usenet

●Post style forum - old school ●Few people use it, but arguably the ‘crème

●Post style forum - old school ●Few people use it, but arguably the ‘crème de la crème’ ●Topics organized in descending specificity: o sci. electronics. repair ●Now available through groups. google. com (archived back to May 1981)

The Big 8: ●Comp ●Humanities ●Misc ●News ●Rec ●Sci ●Soc ●Talk ●Alt: not one

The Big 8: ●Comp ●Humanities ●Misc ●News ●Rec ●Sci ●Soc ●Talk ●Alt: not one of the big eight, is much less controlled and more loosely defined

●Messages are distributed much like a peer-to-peer network: no central server, computers update each

●Messages are distributed much like a peer-to-peer network: no central server, computers update each other with new posts. ●Moderated: a post must be reviewed before being released to the world (infrequent in Usenet)

XML – Formatting for the Masses

XML – Formatting for the Masses

XML ●XML – Extensible Mark-up Language ●‘more strict’ information structuring o Accessible to alternative

XML ●XML – Extensible Mark-up Language ●‘more strict’ information structuring o Accessible to alternative devices, e. g. , phones o Not just for webpages (also data transfers) ●XHTML – HTML that meets XML standard

RSS ●RSS – Really Simple Syndication ●RSS uses XML

RSS ●RSS – Really Simple Syndication ●RSS uses XML

What RSS is used for? ●‘Subscribe’ to RSS feeds of interest ●Receive updated headlines

What RSS is used for? ●‘Subscribe’ to RSS feeds of interest ●Receive updated headlines which are 'Published' in real time ●Condense information into one portal ●E. g. , Head Line News, i. Google

How can I view it? ●Use a ‘news aggregator’ or ‘feed reader. ’ o.

How can I view it? ●Use a ‘news aggregator’ or ‘feed reader. ’ o. Web-based o. Separate program o. In email program o. In browser program oi. Tunes (syndicated podcasts)

Web-based ●http: //www. newsgator. com/

Web-based ●http: //www. newsgator. com/

News. Fox - Firefox

News. Fox - Firefox

Pod. Casts ●Like Ti. Vo for Radio ●http: //www. scpr. org/podcasts/

Pod. Casts ●Like Ti. Vo for Radio ●http: //www. scpr. org/podcasts/