Analysis on the Role of Convergent Journalism in Media Community and Press Circles

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201215.387How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Convergent journalism, multimedia, Snow Fall, A Game of Shark and Minnow, Life After Loss

Abstract

This paper is based on the freshly-minted Html-5 format of Internet, gradually replacing the Html-4.01 technology, which is catching on quickly among media users globally, and surely its interactive form and more advanced elements have appealed numerous users. To find out the impact of this burgeoning technology on the media community or press, the author searched lots of literature to look for examples that have been implemented over these years. Then the three typical examples were analyzed, which could best represent Html-5 technology applied to multimedia: Snow Fall of the New York Times, A Game of Shark and Minnow of the New York Times, and Life After Loss by China Daily. These three examples all received good reviews and made waves to the public. Besides, the special writing techniques and visual elements were analyzed and compared with the conventional form of media. The results showed that the average and total audience ratings of convergent journalisms are much higher than those of conventional journalisms. As for the techniques, most of them are combinations of multimedia and texts, which obtain the news’ raw materials presented by different media elements and stimulate readers’ sense of presence. Through organizing those findings, it can be concluded that convergent journalisms have made great contributions to the future of online journalisms and marked the counterattack of traditional media to redefine news production. However, it can also be found that this form of media has not been widely used yet, due to its high expenditure and long term of preparing.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Jiaying Liu
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DA  - 2020/12/17
TI  - Analysis on the Role of Convergent Journalism in Media Community and Press Circles
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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