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JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

What can newspapers offer that digitally delivered journalism cannot?

Have Your Say Oct. 22, 2008 - 05:41AM JST ( 28 )

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28 Comments

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some14someOct. 22, 2008 - 07:57AM JST

Peculiar paper smell and eye soothing.
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LieutenantOct. 22, 2008 - 08:06AM JST

Black thumbs and fingers.

And have you ever tried hiding behind your computer screen? (I don't mean as a lifestyle choice) Newspapers are much lighter and can be adjusted with ease.
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smartacusOct. 22, 2008 - 08:25AM JST

Crossword puzzles. You also can't beat the thick Saturday and Sunday papers (not in Japan for English speakers, though). I can spend a couple of hours every weekend reading them.
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bamboohatOct. 22, 2008 - 08:31AM JST

Actual journalism. When you put your name on a piece of paper with ink on it, you have to forget the idea of deleting and easily rewriting the story, as is done here frequently on JT. One tends to put a bit more thought and effort into print stories, IMO.

Of course if you are talking about stories that were written FIRST for print, and then put online, that is something different altogether.
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tkoind2Oct. 22, 2008 - 09:49AM JST

Agreed. Real journalism was better before the quick fix online sources. Most publish half stories and items they borrow from papers anyway.
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DisillusionedOct. 22, 2008 - 10:09AM JST

Real journalism was better before the quick fix online sources. Most publish half stories and items they borrow from papers anyway.

Are you serious? What do you think they print? Online media is much better for the environment and it's free. Online media wins, hands down!
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theproOct. 22, 2008 - 10:20AM JST

Actual journalism. When you put your name on a piece of paper with ink on it, you have to forget the idea of deleting and easily rewriting the story, as is done here frequently on JT.

Agreed. Internet 'journalism' is lazy.
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AltriaOct. 22, 2008 - 10:30AM JST

In-depth, well-written articles. Easier to skim over, easier on the eyes.

Not that online news sources don't have their advantages - instant updates and reader contribution being the main ones.
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OsakadazOct. 22, 2008 - 10:39AM JST

much better for smashing cockroaches than a PC.A PC is just too unwieldly to catch those blighters.
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SpideyOct. 22, 2008 - 01:24PM JST

Something to put at the bottom of my bird cage.

Or how about paper-mache?

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AzraelOct. 22, 2008 - 01:25PM JST

Respectability and a degree of prestige.

The blogosphere phenomenon that turned every Joe and his cat into "journalists" also brought about the notion that anyone can be a journalist, no studies, research capabilities, diploma or grammar whatsoever required. Plagiarism is also one of the ills of the blogosphere and internet publishing.

Even if AP, ACAN-EFE, REUTERS and other sources of prestige publish online, as other posters have previously noted, it is not infrequent to see footnotes stating an article has been "corrected," "edited" and so on. This removes responsibility from the author of the piece and makes online newspapers un-quotable and unreliable as sources of information for researchers, students and book authors.

Just as today scholars (I am a PhD. student) can only take credits for publishing on printed journals, I do suppose there will come a time when publishing news in newspapers will be considered a point of prestige in a journalist's career. Sales of newspapers may decline, but not as much as to make newspapers extinct or irrelevant. Paper cannot be easily changed and printed word asks for reliability and responsibility. This is why I think, being published in print media will come to be a point of prestige and respectability for professional journalists (if it isn't already!).
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Nippon5Oct. 22, 2008 - 02:36PM JST

nothing---- Since most newspapers have webpages...... Print media is a dying industry...
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Sanatan22Oct. 22, 2008 - 03:10PM JST

Ever tried reading on line news on the toilet?
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mareo2Oct. 22, 2008 - 05:26PM JST

Paper: high mobility, foldable, intelectual image. Digital: Instant updates, cheaper, ecologic.

I humble disagree about the idea that paper always means more responsible than digital, paper is less able to change the story and ask an apology if they print something wrong and damage someones carrer-life.
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picardOct. 22, 2008 - 05:28PM JST

no moderators!!!!!!!!!!

(oh, and no comments field, so of course no moderators).

But again..............no moderators!!!!!!!!!!!11
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ca1ic0catOct. 22, 2008 - 09:10PM JST

"Ever tried reading on line news on the toilet?"

The iPhone works just fine for that, thanks.

Don't forget cat box liners and fish wrappers for the print media.

The black fingers I can do without.

I also appreciate that you can get more than one opinion and / or perspective on the web. Which is why I read "The Economist" in both print and electronic format and skip "Time" and "Newsweek". If I wanted to read for the pictures I'd subscribe to "Playboy", thank you.
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blvtzpkOct. 23, 2008 - 12:56PM JST

Venues to respond to issues covered in articles that are not subject to post-posting editing or deletion.

A higher standard of journalism.

Fewer celebriy. talento hit-garthering pseudo-news masquerading as information. leahdizoprnmania comes to mind.
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BrainiacOct. 23, 2008 - 01:01PM JST

Bigger photos and graphics. The Internet can't compete there.
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timorborderOct. 23, 2008 - 01:31PM JST

Toilet paper!!!
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OtaruOct. 23, 2008 - 02:44PM JST

Newspapers don't need batteries.
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realistOct. 23, 2008 - 04:55PM JST

There will always be a place for good newspapers, despite the advent of the IT age. Rotten newspapers like the racist Yomiuri Shinbum, however, deserve to go under.
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MissWorldTravelOct. 23, 2008 - 04:58PM JST

If everything collapse. The paper is the only clue left for for the future generation to know what happened.
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GWOct. 24, 2008 - 07:31AM JST

Hey JT is this a question or market research, we shud all be being paid to reply to this one, what`cha worried about print media kicking yr butt outta cyberspace?!?!?!?