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Fall Special 2017 www.newsandtech.com www.newsandtech.com FALL SPECIAL ISSUE 2017 The premier resource for insight, analysis and technology integration in newspaper, magazine, digital and hybrid production. Photo: Unsplash, photographer Carlos Muza and modified by Violet Cruz Turn to page 41 for expanded industry coverage News & Tech FALL SPECIAL ISSUE 2017 u 1 www.newsandtech.com KBA-Digital & Web Solutions Possibilities, Expansion, Growth... 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KBA North America, Dallas, Texas phone: 469-532-8000, [email protected], www.kba.com 2 t FALL SPECIAL ISSUE 2017 News & Tech www.newsandtech.com Report details digital news preferences u BY KIRSTEN STAPLES CONTRIBUTING WRITER Just like news consumption prefer- States, people are twice as likely to have ences differ from individual to individual, more confidence in news media, according they can also differ from country to country. to the study. A recent report released by Oxford’s Reuters “The internet and social media may Institute for the Study of Journalism out- have exacerbated low trust and ‘fake news,’ lines the different digital news preferences but we find that in many countries the un- of 36 countries. The Digital News Report for derlying drivers of mistrust are as much to 2017 surveyed over 70,000 people from these do with deep-rooted political polarization countries. and perceived mainstream media bias,” says “The research consisted of an online Nic Newman, research associate, Reuters YouGov survey in early 2017, then follow- Institute. up focus groups, and covers topics like adblocking, news on messaging and voice One of the most surprising finds from apps, and news sharing habits. Reuters also the study is who is choosing to pay for their expanded its focus on trust in news and news. The report found that the percentage media polarization this year,” says Laura of people who pay for online news in the Hazard Owen, deputy editor, Nieman Lab. United States has gone up from nine per- One of the major findings of the report cent to 16 percent. Even more shockingly, is that 54 percent of online users say they the majority of new payments have been use social media as a source for news. Of coming from the younger generation, as those, 14 percent of users say social media well as the political left who say they want is their main source for finding news. The to help fund journalism. report shows that Facebook is the most “In the USA, the proportion of people common social media site where consumers aged 18–24 paying for online news rose access their news. from 4 percent in 2016 to 18 percent in 2017. We see the same pattern by political leaning; some growth within all groups, but particu- larly from those on the left. It is too early to know whether these increases constitute a Another key finding from the report groundswell, or simply a knee-jerk reaction shows that ad blocking has ceased expand- to a political shock,” says Fletcher. ing and is still “largely confined to desktop,” according to the report. Of those surveyed, about half agreed they temporarily turn off their ad blockers for certain news websites. The threat of ad blockers still exists, espe- cially with younger generations, but it has “Of all respondents across all markets, not yet spread to smartphones. 19 percent say they see Facebook as a use- “Publishers have been experimenting ful source of news. Twenty-six percent say with different approaches, ranging from the use Facebook but don’t generally come messages that ‘ask nicely,’ to offering ad-free across news when using it,” says Richard subscription alternatives, and blocking Fletcher, research fellow, Reuters Institute. content completely. The tough love ap- The report shows that 24 percent of proach seems to have worked best with over those surveyed think social media is a reli- half of those who had whitelisted a site (58 able source of news. In other words, they percent) saying they did it because it was believe social media does an adequate job the only way they could see the content. A of sifting through fake news. On the other quarter (26 percent) responded to messages It’s clear that digital news has seen an hand, 40 percent of respondents believe explaining that sites need advertising to increase of those willing to pay for it, and news media does a better job. In the United survive,” says Newman. Reuters has also looked into why people Report continued on page 6 News & Tech FALL SPECIAL ISSUE 2017 u 3 FALL SPECIAL Volume 29, No. 6 News & Tech ISSUE P.O. Box 478 CONTENTS Beaver Dam, WI 53916 2017 p: 303.575.9595 www.newsandtech.com Publisher & Editor PRINT 17 comes home to Chicago, Mary L. 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A quarter (25 percent) said the most of the surveyed countries the most same in Australia,” said Fletcher. p frequent reasons for paying for news was to get access on mobile devices, because of a good deal and because people like to get their news from multiple sources, including paid subscriptions. The most uncommon reason for paying was to fund journalism. “We also asked those who are cur- rently paying for the most important reason behind their decision. Interest- ingly, the U.S.A. (29 percent) had the high- 6 t FALL SPECIAL ISSUE 2017 News & Tech www.newsandtech.com — Let’s write the future. With retrofit solutions that give your press another ten years of life.
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