I agree with you Elyse that newspapers are still relevant in today’s media environment. Although there has been an emergence of online news and participatory journalism, I believe that newspapers are still a necessary source of news for many people. What I think is interesting is the different ways in which online news production is changing democracy and the way in which ordinary people not only access news, but produce it. With online news production, many more people have a voice; it is not just journalists in the traditional sense that are creating content. Therefore, I believe that democracy is becoming more participatory. Although, as you say, newspapers are relevant in that they give a person access to many different topics that they may choose to ignore on the internet, I believe that by utilising the internet as a news source people can become increasingly involved in their niche interest.
For example, if a person were to have a special interest in politics and election news, they could access a website such as On Line Opinion, which is an e-journal that “aims to provide a forum for public social and political debate about current Australian issues”. This website provides daily articles on a range of issues affecting the Australian political environment, and users can become produsers (Bruns, 2007) by adding comments to the articles with their own thoughts and ideas, or join in the forum and engage in social and political debate.
I find this topic very interesting and have posted a blog which may complement yours at Lucy’s Blog (http://lucyfdc.blogspot.com/).
References
Bruns, A. (2007). Produsage: Towards a broader framework for user-led content creation. Retrieved April 2, 2008, from http://snurb.info/files/Produsage%20(Creativity%20and%20Cognition%202007).pdf.
On Line Opinion. (2008). On Line Opinion: About On Line Opinion. Retrieved April 28, 2008, from http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/.
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