Week 3 Journalism and Globalization 2022 Fall

CCGL9011 Media in the Age of
Globalization
Journalism and Globalization
Dr. King-wa FU
Journalism and Media Studies Centre
Site: https://sites.google.com/site/fukingwa/
A quick survey …..
What is Journalism?
The Elements of Journalism
1) The purpose of journalism is to provide people with the
information they need to be free and self-governing.
2) Journalism's first obligation is to the truth.
3) Its first loyalty is to citizens.
4) Its essence is a discipline of verification.
5) Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they
cover.
6) It must serve as an independent monitor of power.
7) It must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise.
8) It must strive to make the significant interesting and relevant.
9) It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional.
10) Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal
conscience.
Source: The Elements of Journalism

http://www.journalism.org/node/72
Digital readership in Hong Kong
Source: Reuters Institute of Digital News Report 2022

AI Anchor
Robot Op-ad
Live Streaming
Source: Pew Research Centre
Source: Pew Research Centre
Another survey …..
Reuters Institute of Digital News Report 2022
From Newspaper to Digital Newspaper
Why the newspaper is killed?
 Four different issues
◼ Business model
◼ Content and distribution
◼ What’s happening to Consumer?
◼ Cutting Costs and Seeking Revenue
Business of Digital Journalism (Grueskin et al, 2011)

 A Different Business
◼ More for Free content
◼ Fast, very fast
◼ Extend the lifespan of journalism
◼ Infotainment

 Content and Distribution

◼ Aggregation model vs. atomized news
◼ Expanding markets at low costs
◼ Redistributed across social media

 What’s happening to Consumers?

◼ Specialized topics
◼ More information about their readers
◼ Changing the customer experience – news
avoidance
◼ Trust

 Cutting Costs And Seeking Revenue

◼ Better cost control
◼ Free citizen’s contribution
◼ Flexible advertising model

Emergence of Citizen Journalists
Citizen Journalists
 First hand information
 Less “perceived” commercial interest
 Citizen’s angle – pluralism
 Flexiability
Impact on Mainstream Media
 Changing news reading habit
 Extension of traditional mass media
 Source of news gathering
 Fast response to emergency
 Journalist as Blogger/Social Media
Crisis Reporting
New York plane crash:
Twitter broke the news
Breaking News in Media Regulated Country
Any problem?
Oct.3, 2008
➢iReporter “johntw”:
Steve Jobs was rushed to the ER just a few hours ago after suffering a
major heart attack. I have an insider who tells me that paramedics were
called after Steve claimed to be suffering from severe chest pains and
shortness of breath. My source has opted to remain anonymous, but he is
quite reliable. I haven't seen anything about this anywhere else yet, and as
of right now, I have no further information, so I thought this would be a
good place to start. If anyone else has more information, please share it.
Problems
 Credibility
 Fact checking and verification
 Non-disclosure e.g. stock market speculator,
cyber-bulling
In-class Quiz
In-class Activity
Instructions
 Your grade is assessed on the basis of your
arguments/suggestions, not your position.
 Grade Descriptors
◼ 5 - Sophisticated understanding of the issues about media freedom
◼ 4 - Clear understanding of the issues about media freedom
◼ 3 - Understanding of the issues about media freedom
◼ 2 - Bare minimum understanding of the issues about media freedom
◼ 1 - Little or no understanding of the issues about media freedom
 Your grade is assessed on the basis of quality not

quantity.
 Max length per point: 500 characters
Week 3 In-class Activity: Digital Journalism
• Your team is now appointed by the Board of Directors of the Central
Times to prepare a proposal on how to save the company.
Central Times (CT) is an international print media company and its core
business is paid newspaper publishing. CT’s news website is paid subscription
based. CT’s investigative journalism department is globally well known.
In the past 3 years, CT’s circulation and the advertising income drastically fell.
Based on market research, CT lost many readers, especially the younger
generation, who switch to free news sources or prefer reading news via smart
phone or social networking sites.
• You have 30 minutes to prepare a 5 bullet points proposal.

• Your proposal is expected to include:
• Identify main possible problem(s)
• Suggest feasible solution(s)
• Explain why your plan can increase CT’s circulation and income

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CCGL9011 Media in the Age of

Journalism and Globalization

Source: The Elements of Journalism

Source: Reuters Institute of Digital News Report 2022

Business of Digital Journalism (Grueskin et al, 2011)

Business of Digital Journalism (Grueskin et al, 2011)

 Content and Distribution

Business of Digital Journalism (Grueskin et al, 2011)

 What’s happening to Consumers?

Business of Digital Journalism (Grueskin et al, 2011)

 Cutting Costs And Seeking Revenue

Business of Digital Journalism (Grueskin et al, 2011)

 Your grade is assessed on the basis of quality not

• You have 30 minutes to prepare a 5 bullet points proposal.

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