Digital-Journalism

Analysis of digital journalism and the resulting network of public opinion on the political impact.

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Structure The background.

The definition of digital journalism.

The two main characteristics of digital journalism is that it brings social change and technological change. • Technological transformations 1. traditional newspapers to online news The features of digital news 2. mobile device receiving terminal. • Social transformations digital news generated by the network of public opinion profound impact on political side. Conclusion The background

• The Internet and the digital technology make it possible for everyone to receive a lot of information every day.

• The Internet has changed the traditional journalism.

• From the 20th century and the mid-90s, many workers have studied the impact of the Internet on journalism and the practice of journalism. Many studies reported that the Internet has brought new ways of collecting news and reporting news. (Fenton, 2010: 559)

• At the same time, the public is also involved in the development of the press

About the definitions of digital journalism

Fenton (2010: 560) said digital news through the network platform will be the traditional way of news production and new news production methods combined.

Lee (2012: 1) thought online news can make the public participation in news production, and it led to a new balance between news producers and audiences.

Hall (2001: 19) proved digital journalism means that news messages can be delivered to the audience's screen in the form of text, images, audio and video, or delivered to mobile phone devices. The two main characteristics of digital journalism

Technological transformations First, journalism is transformed from traditional newspapers to online news.

Digital journalism has changed some of the shortcomings of traditional journalism， such as the advertising, audience interaction.

Weiss and Joyce (2009: 587) said the Internet provides a unique opportunity for interaction between media producers and consumers. The two main characteristics of digital journalism

The features of digital news

1. Digital media and digital news are the tools to promote democracy. (Whillock, 1997) 2. Expand the news platform and improve the news immediacy. 3. Interaction and participation As Ksiazek, Peer and Lessard (2016: 293) thought interaction is one of the unique features of digital journalism, the Internet provides a unique opportunity for interaction. " Because the network allows news practitioners and audiences to have a closer relationship, shorten the social space between media producers and consumers." News as a practice, everyone is an eyewitness, and each person is a journalist. The Internet gives the ordinary people an opportunity to create, comment and publish information, which led to many impacts. (Lee, 2012:1) The two main characteristics of digital journalism

Technological transformations Second, mobile device receiving terminal

As Allan (2006: 167) stated nowadays, developed mobile digital devices enable online news to be received by multiple terminals. Mobile phone has recorded video, send pictures and other functions, which makes the public to interact and read news on the web anytime, anywhere. Example and analysis Combining with the above description of digital journalism, The Independent newspaper is a typical case.

The independent newspaper was a paper printed newspaper before, but in order to meet the challenges of Internet new media and digital news, the independent newspaper published the last issue of newspapers in the March 26, 2016. And and completely turned into the digital newspaper and the digital media company. The Independent Newspaper

On the YouTube, there is a video described The Independent newspaper to transform the digital newspaper.

The Independent newspaper was founded in 1986 by three journalists. The three correspondents from the "The Daily Telegraph", and the first week of its circulation of up to 500,000 copies. In 2010, the Russian businessman Lebedev acquired "The Independent" company. In order to meet the digital media era, he decided to stop issuing the print Independent newspaper. video.1 figure.2 figure.1 The website of Independent newspaper is include many types of online news, and users can register members. Each news can be commented on by the user, and users can also receive daily e-mails from the independent newspaper, so to receive independent newspaper daily news. (see fogure.1 and figure.2)

The mobile application of The Independent newspaper can also receive daily news, it can automatically push the message to the user. The two main characteristics of digital journalism

Social transformations Digital news generated by the network of public opinion profound impact on all aspects of society, especially the political side. Network has been the main platform for citizens to participate in political life, there are many ways of citizen participation, including the user's comments, as the number of growth can be transformed into a network of public opinion.

Network opinion represents the majority of the views of the tendency, once reached a certain number, will cause the attention of many parties The two main characteristics of digital journalism

Social transformations

Under public scrutiny and pressure from public opinion, the event will be resolved, and public opinion is an effective tool to promote the process of social development. Example and analysis

In 2015, China news journalist Chai Jing created a news video which called "Under The Dome", this event is a typical example. When this video was released, it got millions of forward and comments by Internet users, which made China's haze got more and more controversial. this situation brought enormous pressure to the Chinese energy department and the environmental protection department.

Video.2 Example and analysis

This video is a news presentation by Chai Jing, which includes her interviews with politicians, contaminated area responsible person and the managers of pollution companies. This video allows the audience to truly see the harm caused by the smog. In this video, an environmental protection department official said China's environmental protection departments do not have real power, so people do not care about the rules and examination of this department. Therefore, the effectiveness of the haze control is very weak. Actually, this video is an opportunity to increase the power of the ministry of environmental protection. This news event has changed some of the political issues, through the formation of strong public opinion, so as to promote the political process. On the contrary, the network public opinion also has the negative. The threshold of online public opinion is low, there is no control. There is spread some situations, such as rumors or the user's passion is greater than the rational.

For example, the Diaoyu Islands incident, the people to destroy Japanese products in many cities of China, like some Japanese made cars or some Japan imported supermarkets. Conclusion

Overall, digital journalism is a contemporary form of the press, which contains interactive. (Fenton, 2010:560) It has greater creativity than traditional news. Technological change and social change related to digital journalism need to be discussed sequentially. Internet digital technology and mobile devices to bring better development for digital journalism, and also to give users a better chance to participate in the news. At the same time digital news has changed the social aspects, and it can more effectively promote the development of politics. Conclusion

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