Online and Research Journalism

JOUR933 - Online and Research Journalism Assignment 3: Reflective Essay 1. Discuss the impact of commercial pressures on print news media investigation at the local level. ( Study Program, Week 9 ) We perceive the daily press as an important platform in our democracies because it acts as a watchdog, informs, comments and scrutinises, and gives access to individuals and groups to have a public debate. For various reasons traditional mass media are likely to continue to dominate the political …

…and relevance of the press is based on their success in achieving significance in this process, and in remaining a prime place for considered public debate, connecting citizens to their society. Sources Abramson, Jeffrey B., F. Christopher Arterton, and Gary R. Orren. The Electronic Commonwealth: The Impact of New Media Technologies on Democratic Politics. New York: Basic Books, 1988. Hertsgaard, Mark. On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988.