As I have been late for weeks, I have to start writing everything during the week. It is good because I have nothing to do, being stranded in Wagga Wagga, a country-town somewhere in the between Melbourne and Sydney. Rather than listening to my friend and his boyfriend enjoying their time in the next room, it is better to do my assignments and studies. In week 5, I learned about Web News.
Nowadays we divided media into two kinds, old media and new media. Old media is media that is created and developed during the 19th century and the first half of 20th century. This include print media, television, radio and Web 1.0. Web 1.0 or "brochure ware" is one way communication with content surrounded by ads. New media is Web 2.0 or "social web", the one we are using now. Examples of Web 2.0 is facebook and twitter, where the content is user generated. Web 2.0 generated the term "Prod-Users", where the users are producers. Web 3.0 or "the semantic web" introduces "meta-tagging". Web 3.0 is about hyperlocalisation and specific content delivery.
When news have been spread for free on the web, people believes that they are entitled to it and, therefore, web news are said to be the death of journalism. Now, Rupert Murdoch, founder and chairman of News Corporation is looking for a way so that people pay for news on the web. Online news that established subscription such as The Times try to give privileges on members and Courier Mail is about to do paywall. The question is what happens if people don't subscribe?
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