We’ve all been there: we gripe and pity ourselves over how late into the night we’ve slaved over our homework assignment, and then once we finally get it submitted, brush our teeth and climb into our beloved beds, what do we do? We grab our phone to “just set our alarm.” I’m just going to… Continue reading The Mobile Majority: Mind Over Mass Media
In an attempt to blackout the media, could we do it? According to a new report by the Pew Research Center, nearly 64 percent of U.S. adults own a smartphone. With a smartphone comes a higher accessibility to social media, podcasts, online news sources and beyond. In an age where flip phones have transitioned to… Continue reading News Media: Could We Escape it if We Tried?
Significant growth in mobile news consumption has many publishers scrambling to accommodate on-the-go news consumers, but the Pew Research Center’s “State of the News Media 2015” report suggests that desktop users might not be getting the attention they deserves. While it is true that, according to the report, 39 of the top 50 digital news websites… Continue reading Traffic vs. Engagement: Which should a publisher prefer?
According to Pew Research Center’s “2015 State of the News Media” report, 91 percent of Americans aged 12 and over listened to AM/FM radio -proving that radio is here to stay. However, 50 percent of Americans reported listening to radio online over the last month, indicating that there is a definite shift in the way people are… Continue reading Mobile is a Necessary Step for the Future of Radio
It should come as no surprise that the news media is drastically changing. It should be expected that the media will adapt to cater to the next generation’s needs and wants. The transition from print media to mobile platforms has been mislabeled as the “death of journalism.” I like to think of it simply as the… Continue reading State of the News Media
Right off the bat, the Pew Research Center’s “State of the News Media 2015” reveals just how dramatically different humanity’s access to the news is now compared to “the good ole days.” “At the start of 2015, 39 of the top 50 digital news websites have more traffic to their sites and associated applications coming from… Continue reading Adapt or Die: A Tale of News, Mediums and Everything in Between
As the digital age has ushered in a new era in journalism, some mediums of old have not maintained their followership. Printed newspapers are not as widely read or circulated as they once were, and newsrooms everywhere have downsized on their departments for printed press. However, according to the 2015 State of the News Media… Continue reading Local Television News Still Has a Place in Media Landscape
By Erin Gray Studies show that many millennials get their news from Facebook or other social media platforms before getting news from the paper or from the local television station. Back in the day when my parents were young adults, they did not have cell phones (or the ones that they did have certainly were… Continue reading Times have changed and technology has changed
Source: Fresh Print Magazine In the 2015 State of the News Media by the Pew Research Center, it was no surprise that digital newspapers and magazines are becoming more popular. However it does seem that the media is becoming more personal and local. With blogs and podcasting becoming more and more popular anyone is able to contribute and… Continue reading Is the Media Becoming More Personal?
Reviewing the information outlined in Pew’s State of the News Media, 2015, I found myself consistently impressed with the fact that the news is still an important powerful aspect of consumers’ daily lives. I found this especially true amidst the doom-and-gloom rhetoric about the death of journalism many were predicting just a few years earlier.… Continue reading Change Might Not Be the Worst Thing
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