Lecture 2;
As my first week of University came to a close I took a gander at my UQ email account and as expected there were many emails from my various lecturers. Most of it was generic stuff, but there was one email of particular interest. It was from the infamous Bruce Redman *cue dramatic music*. This email was informing Jour1111 students that the L1 time had changed from 5pm on Monday to 4pm on a Monday. Now a funny little fact, my Drama lecture is also that exact time. This isn't a problem for most, a simple solution would be to switch to the other lecture on offer, but it just so happens that that lecture is at the exact same time as my Fren1010 contact.
The plot thickens.
So now I have to watch all the Jour1111 lectures online and type a blog about it. This is weird, reflecting on something I didn't actually attend. But none the less, I shall give my greatest attempt.
New news. There's such a thing? I guess it's something I've never really thought about. Although I don't really give much thought to this type of thing and I think that's what a lot of people my age do. They take for granted various aspects of their life, giving it no second thought. Whenever someone now wants to check the news, see the headlines or find more information about global issues all they have to do is type two words into a search engine and they receive all the information they could possibly want. What's the use for Newspapers? What's the use for magazines? What's the use for anything other than a smartphone or tablet?
I have a fear that all paperback products will be redundant in 20 years. The smell of a new book. The feeling as you flick past the few pages. The richness felt when sitting on the beach with a book and coffee. I'm afraid my kids won't be able to experience this. Instead they will have to download a replaceable copy of classic literature onto their cold, metal tablet as they scan their way through it. But I digress...
New media. A whole new world exists for journalism as we stand at the forefront of a boom in technology. There is so much potential that exists for the supply of news from all over the world and the aim to reach this potential will never cease until it is achieved. But where does that leave old media? I do believe the inevitability that aspects of old media will slowly become obsolete. New media is growing at a fast pace, will old media keep up? Or will it be left behind in the 20th century with walkmans and floppy discs?
The web will continue to grow. We have seen the information web of Web 1.0 morph into the Social web 2.0 and current society faces the Semantic web of web 3.0. A majority of this lecture focused on this. Focusing on the evolution of what new media is currently and the web itself. But I believe that there was a distinct lack of talk about the role of the consumer and the affect new media has on them. When dealing with web 3.0 the consumer was touched on, when referring to the hyperlocalisation for news.
That was what I want to know more about, the whole role that the consumer plays in this evolution of media and the ramifications for them. Positives and negatives were mentioned in the lecture about Specific Content Delivery, but again, they dealt with the effect on strictly Journalism. Granted this should be the focus, but I think the consumer should've been dealt with more. Enough with my inquisitory rant. I shall find this all out myself!
No. Not even for a second. I do not believe we will see the 'death of journalism' any time soon. As long as people want to know news, there will be journalists supplying the demand. In one of the first lectures I sat, we were preached the values and characteristics of journalists, and they will not let journalism die. Granted there may be a slight struggle for journalists, but they will squirm, wiggle, and fight their way to continue the industry. Or....so I think....
I have a fear that all paperback products will be redundant in 20 years. The smell of a new book. The feeling as you flick past the few pages. The richness felt when sitting on the beach with a book and coffee. I'm afraid my kids won't be able to experience this. Instead they will have to download a replaceable copy of classic literature onto their cold, metal tablet as they scan their way through it. But I digress...
New media. A whole new world exists for journalism as we stand at the forefront of a boom in technology. There is so much potential that exists for the supply of news from all over the world and the aim to reach this potential will never cease until it is achieved. But where does that leave old media? I do believe the inevitability that aspects of old media will slowly become obsolete. New media is growing at a fast pace, will old media keep up? Or will it be left behind in the 20th century with walkmans and floppy discs?
The web will continue to grow. We have seen the information web of Web 1.0 morph into the Social web 2.0 and current society faces the Semantic web of web 3.0. A majority of this lecture focused on this. Focusing on the evolution of what new media is currently and the web itself. But I believe that there was a distinct lack of talk about the role of the consumer and the affect new media has on them. When dealing with web 3.0 the consumer was touched on, when referring to the hyperlocalisation for news.
That was what I want to know more about, the whole role that the consumer plays in this evolution of media and the ramifications for them. Positives and negatives were mentioned in the lecture about Specific Content Delivery, but again, they dealt with the effect on strictly Journalism. Granted this should be the focus, but I think the consumer should've been dealt with more. Enough with my inquisitory rant. I shall find this all out myself!
THE DEATH OF JOURNALISM.
No. Not even for a second. I do not believe we will see the 'death of journalism' any time soon. As long as people want to know news, there will be journalists supplying the demand. In one of the first lectures I sat, we were preached the values and characteristics of journalists, and they will not let journalism die. Granted there may be a slight struggle for journalists, but they will squirm, wiggle, and fight their way to continue the industry. Or....so I think....
We're in the same boat! I can't attend any of the lectures either. It feels so weird writing about it. But you've done great :)
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