INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE SURVEY

Nowadays digital media such as digital newspapers are growing up on the internet and society is getting used to read more on the network than in traditional newspapers. Is this true? Do young people read more on the websites than in traditional newspapers? We have done a survey to know much better what they prefer.

SURVEY:

1. What platform do you usually use to read the newspaper? Paper or digital media? Or both?

2. What newspaper / s do you usually read?

3. If you use the digital platform, where do you read it? For example; computer, iPhone, Blackberry...

4. Why do you use the digital media? To inform or for more information. For example; use their multimedia content (links, videos) to supplement their knowledge or to be informed.

5. If you read the newspapers, how often do you buy them?

6. Which are the parts of the newspaper that you spend more time? For example; sports, culture, economy...

7. How often and how long do you spend each day?

8. Are you involved in the digital newspaper? How? For example; comments...

9. What are the differences between the digital platform and the traditional (paper)?

10. Nowadays, which mistakes do you find in digital media?

Technological change

Since the decade of 50’s to nowadays, in the society has existed a conversion of technology, all the electronic devices have changed from analogical to digital.

The technology was considered to be an instrument that allows advance linearly; for this reason we can define the technological change how: Introduction of new methods of production or new products in order to raise the productivity of the existing inputs, or to increase the marginal products. It improves in the knowledge on the methods of production or of new products that affect the productivity, the production and can promote the competition between companies.  

In the process of technological change has existed 4 elements that have influenced in a very important way, innovation, communication channels, social system and time.

The changes and transformations in the technology turn into innovations, which they affect both to the process of production and to the own product. The companies try to obtain technological innovations across activities of research and development (research and development) or across his experience or his contacts with the scientific institutions.
Communication channels are the means by which a source conveys a message to a receiver. Information may be exchanged through two fundamentally different, yet complementary, channels of communication. Awareness is more often obtained through the mass media, while uncertainty reduction that leads to acceptance mostly results from face-to-face communication.
The social system provides a medium through which and boundaries within which, innovation is adopted. The structure of the social system affects technological change in several ways. Social norms, opinion leaders, change agents, government and the consequences of innovations are all involved. Also involved are cultural setting, nature of political institutions, laws, policies and administrative structures.
Time enters into the acceptance process in several ways. The time dimension relates to the innovativeness of an individual or other adopter, which is the relative earliness or lateness with which an innovation is adopted.

         Att: Joan Carbonell

Technological change 2

Continuing with the technological change in this writing I want to speak about the electronic devices of yesterday and today.

One of the devices which has had major impact in the society has been the television. In the decade of the 60’s the television came to Spain, a square device, in black and white and you only could see one channel, TVE.

Nowadays the television is a device with few centimetres of depth, with an excellent colour and definition, and a very big number of channels.

Later we can find the radio, is another of the most important devices in our society, at first the radio was a big device, generally of wood, with a few wheels to tune the frequency to that you wanted to listen and a couple of wires that were in use as antenna.

On the one hand, at present are devices with the approximately size of a bulb, on the other hand also they have been inserted in cars to do the travels more comfortables.

Finally I will end this text speaking about the mobile phones, when they went out to the market they were a few briefcases with a giant terminal and with the only function of call, but it has measured that has advanced the time they have been increasingly small and the usefulness is very wide, as call, messages, Internet connection, games or mp3.

         Att: Joan Carbonell

Journalism process

The process of the written press begins when the journalist goes in search of the notice and compiles all the necessary information, later it edits the news being based on 5 basic guidelines for the draft of a correct news, them 5W (what, who, where, when and why)

When the new is finished, the notice is taken to the department of draft in order that they put the news in the draft of the newspaper.

When the news already is structured and organized is taken to the department of impression and they print more or less press depending on the readers that have

Later they are organized by distribution zones, are raised to the trucks and distribute for the kiosks on 6 a.m.

Then the people buy it and read it during the day. The following day already it does not serve, therefore it’s possible to say that the useful life of the newspapers is 1 day.

But following days is used as a paper to dry when the floor is washed-up or in some houses to make to ignite bonfires, barbecues or this kind of things.

         Att: Joan Carbonell

Journalism in radio

The radio has a few own characteristics that distinguish it from other mass media.

First of all it’s a blind medium, has like principal features the sound, the essence, creativity, credibility and images that correspond to the listener to create them.

By other way you can find radio as a secondary medium, because it use flexibility, immediacy, the time and it’s ephemeral.

There exist factors that are determinant at the moment of developing a qualitative radio, are the words, music, sound effects and silence.

The word in radio always is written before and later declared, and the characteristics are intensity, durability, tone and stamp.

Music can be use for transmit, narrate or make sensations and emotions that determine and affect the listener.

Later you can find sound effects, which are a group of sonorous forms, represented by sounds that come from a natural or artificial source.

Finally, there is silence, that can transmit emotions and we can use like a referential, expressive, descriptive, narrative, argumentative or communicative situation.

Also are 5 sonorous planes at the moment of producing radio, first plane, which is the principal reference of sonorous fragment, second plane, which has less intensity.

For the end, exist too third plane, plane of bottom and first-ever the first plane

         Att: Joan Carbonell

Journalism in television

The television is a way of communication that has reached diffusion without precedents, is used by a lot of people to satisfy needs of information and entertainment.

The power of television takes root in his capacity of impact and social penetration due to his audio-visual perception.

The television is one of the most accessible mediums, due to the fact that it’s presents in the majority of houses and does not need formation to consume it.

It generates habits, tastes and preferences but every day more mass media like the television are more objective.

Nowadays, there exist two types of television journalism, which we can find in the telenotices, and which are focused like reality shows or programs destined to generate audience, like “Sálvame” or "DEC"

The latter type of journalism I believe that it is doing very much damage to the society, because they do not reflect the moral values that help that the society prospers and improves, and they devote themselves to tell the life of the famous people only to earn money.

Finally I want express that the journalism in the current television can improve the quality of the contents with articles and better photos

Source: Youtube

         Att: Joan Carbonell

INTRODUCTION: 1) INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM: Pau

Hey, what's up? I'm Pau Estella, in my articles, I'm going to explain and say my opinion about the diferent ways of journalism in  the actuallity. 

Investigative journalism consists to  collect  and  publish  information through the work and personal initiative, about some issues or events of importance and interest ,that  a social group and some people and organizations want to  keep secret.

Investigative journalism contains three basic elements: research from the reporter work, covering the facts relevant to the reader overview, and someone tries  to  keep  the public  aware of these facts. The dissemination of the information collected is done through different media or technical support, there are graphic, oral, visual and multimedia investigative journalism. Includes a variety of genres, including  interview journalistic,  documentary, short films and article.
Investigative journalist is subjected to multiple pressures that make this activity a difficult  and not without risk. Conflicts are created, so that most investigative journalists define this as a working journalist in adversity. Sometimes it can affect one's  physical integrity of journalists.

2) THE IMPORTANCE OF PHOTOJOURNALISM - Pau

Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism  based in collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication, that creates images in order to tell a news story. 

Since the 1960s, electronic flash, auto-focus, better lenses and other camera enhancements have made picture taking easier. New digital cameras free photojournalists from the limitation of the film roll length, as thousands of images can be stored on a memory card.

Formerly, nearly 30 minutes were needed to transmit a single color photograph from a place to a news office for printing. Now, equipped with a digital camera, a cellphones and a laptop computer, a photojournalist can send a high-quality image in minutes, even seconds after he/she takes the photo. 

 There is some concern by news photographers that the profession of photojournalism as it is known today could change to such a degree that it is unrecognizable as image-capturing technology naturally progresses.

 However, the widespread use of cameras as a way of reporting news did not come until the advent of smaller, more portable cameras that used the enlargeable film negative to record images.

The age of the citizen journalist and the attainment of news photos from amateur photographers have contributed to the art of photojournalism. 

3) DIGITAL JOURNALISM IS THE FUTURE - Pau

While digital journalism has opened many doors to getting news to everyone, it has also initiated some problems. Because news is expected to be covered at an alarming rate, it has made the job of the traditional journalist more difficult. While news sources want to reveal news as soon as possible, there is only so much accuracy one can obtain in a short amount of time. In the legacy system, there was much more time to edit for credibility. Within the new media, digital age, we are in a cycle of immediacy.

Because of the rapid development of digital journalism, there are now many choices of news sources. There are countless news sites on the Internet, and also blogs. One of the problems, however, is that with more news sites, credibility becomes an issue. Most people hold blogs in low regard as far as credibility, but oftentimes they report factual news first. There is a give and take with blogs. Readers have to be able to decide if what they're reading is valid or not. So again, there are the disadvantages and advantages to new media.

The effects of digital journalism can be felt around the world.

4) SPORT JOURNALISM - Pau

Nowadays in Spain, the sports journalism is growing up due to the importance of all the Spanish success in the sport’s world. The Spanish national team, Alberto Contador, Rafael Nadal and Fernando Alonso are only a part of the Spanish sporting success. As these national triumphs grow up, the sale of sports press and the importance of sports media are also growing up. Currently in Spain, economic crisis has shocked the whole society, unemployment is rising like foam, and sporting events are a distraction to Spanish society, sad about the current employment situation. Written sports press is one of the most sold press in the country. The sports newspaper called MARCA is the most sold newspaper in Spain, ahead of other mainstream media newspapers as EL PAIS or EL MUNDO. There is also a important difference between Madrid and Barcelona sports press, which reflects the difference between the “two Spains”. Finally I can say that the sports media in my country are too important, despite the country’s current problems, but our society chooses what hey want to read and watch, and that can’t be controlled.

5) YELLOW PRESS

Sincerely I accept that I watch many yellow press programs on tv, yes, I watch them, not to entertain myself but rather to see and accept that yellow press is bad and deplorable. And know that people who join in these programs dare to refer to countries of America or Africa as the Third World ... The truth is that in this country called Spain journalism is made by few thugs who are used to sit all mornings and  afternoons to "discuss the lives of others", they have never spent energy in their lives working in  journalism,  just have found the way to live with lies, trouble and ordinariness, easy way to make money ... It's a shame that the people who went to Journalism College  nowadays  are engaged in long mornings and afternoons to make up  stories,  encourage unnecessary fights between a couple of stupid people, or create a  hostile  environment  and others, while they earn lots of money ...  This pseudo journalists crew are making rubbish. In Spain there is not a Television Council which can regulate the use  and  abuse of  a few that do not respect nobody. There is no legal way  to stop these crooks in the lives of others. That´s really a shame...