Newspapers: The future of journalism
1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this?
' Accountability journalism ' is relevant because it points out the people who violate the law and who have not yet been arrested, keeping them to account. Shirky's example of ' accountability journalism ' is Pater John Geoghan's storey
2) What does Shirky say about the relationship between newspapers and advertisers? Which websites does he mention as having replaced major revenue-generators for newspapers (e.g. jobs, personal ads etc.)?
Clay Shirky indicates that the development of quality journalism was based on ad-supported newspapers. Nevertheless, advertisers were forced to overpay for the services they provided, because there were not many options to providing display ads to people. At a point above what any potential market would bare you have to be commercial.
3) Shirky talks about the 'unbundling of content'. This means people are reading newspapers in a different way. How does he suggest audiences are consuming news stories in the digital age?
Shirky says that the viewers use social media to absorb news stories.
4) Shirky also talks about the power of shareable media. How does he suggest the child abuse scandal with the Catholic Church may have been different if the internet had been widespread in 1992?
Shirky argues that the child abuse case with the Catholic Church would have been different if the internet was ubiquitous in 1992, as the worldwide web would have helped the storey to reach foreign audiences.
5) Why does Shirky argue against paywalls?
Clay Shirky claims that paywalls limit the amount of content that an audience may take in, thus preventing the spread of news around.
6) What is a 'social good'? In what way is journalism a 'social good'?
Journalism which is more difficult to sustain. So it makes it easier to maintain public models—partly due to the lower cost. So it makes role structures a lot simpler.
7) Shirky says newspapers are in terminal decline. How does he suggest we can replace the important role in society newspapers play? What is the short-term danger to this solution that he describes?
Shirky says, "We don't need another particular kind of organisation that does 85 per cent of accountability journalism. We need a class of institutions or models. We need a model that generates 5 per cent of accountability journalism. And we need to get it right 17 times in a row. That's the problem before us.
8) Look at the first question and answer regarding institutional power. Give us your own opinion: how important is it that major media brands such as the New York Times or the Guardian continue to stay in business and provide news?
I think it's very important for major media outlets like the New York Times and the Guardian to continue providing news as people rely regularly on these news sources.
' Accountability journalism ' is relevant because it points out the people who violate the law and who have not yet been arrested, keeping them to account. Shirky's example of ' accountability journalism ' is Pater John Geoghan's storey
2) What does Shirky say about the relationship between newspapers and advertisers? Which websites does he mention as having replaced major revenue-generators for newspapers (e.g. jobs, personal ads etc.)?
Clay Shirky indicates that the development of quality journalism was based on ad-supported newspapers. Nevertheless, advertisers were forced to overpay for the services they provided, because there were not many options to providing display ads to people. At a point above what any potential market would bare you have to be commercial.
3) Shirky talks about the 'unbundling of content'. This means people are reading newspapers in a different way. How does he suggest audiences are consuming news stories in the digital age?
Shirky says that the viewers use social media to absorb news stories.
4) Shirky also talks about the power of shareable media. How does he suggest the child abuse scandal with the Catholic Church may have been different if the internet had been widespread in 1992?
Shirky argues that the child abuse case with the Catholic Church would have been different if the internet was ubiquitous in 1992, as the worldwide web would have helped the storey to reach foreign audiences.
5) Why does Shirky argue against paywalls?
Clay Shirky claims that paywalls limit the amount of content that an audience may take in, thus preventing the spread of news around.
6) What is a 'social good'? In what way is journalism a 'social good'?
Journalism which is more difficult to sustain. So it makes it easier to maintain public models—partly due to the lower cost. So it makes role structures a lot simpler.
7) Shirky says newspapers are in terminal decline. How does he suggest we can replace the important role in society newspapers play? What is the short-term danger to this solution that he describes?
Shirky says, "We don't need another particular kind of organisation that does 85 per cent of accountability journalism. We need a class of institutions or models. We need a model that generates 5 per cent of accountability journalism. And we need to get it right 17 times in a row. That's the problem before us.
8) Look at the first question and answer regarding institutional power. Give us your own opinion: how important is it that major media brands such as the New York Times or the Guardian continue to stay in business and provide news?
I think it's very important for major media outlets like the New York Times and the Guardian to continue providing news as people rely regularly on these news sources.
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