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The News Today

7 Trends in Old and New Media

Elaine C. Kamarck and Ashley Gabriele
Brookings Institution, 2015
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Digitization has drastically altered the way people access and consume the news. Brookings Institution researchers Elaine C. Karmack and Ashley Gabriele have compiled an insightful list of the “top seven trends in old and new media.” While many people are already aware of the trends, getAbstract finds that the authors’ collected data and thought-provoking questions make this listicle worth the read for digital content providers, newspaper shareholders, journalists and millennials interested in the evolution of news coverage.

Summary

Each “technological revolution” brings its own set of praise and criticism. The digitization of the news is no different. Pessimists believe citizen knowledge will suffer with the decline of “neutral” news outlets. Optimists, on the other hand, point out that with no “gatekeepers” and with more access to news, opinions and engagement, digitization will positively affect democracy. “Seven trends in old and new media” in 2015 are:

  1. “Print newspapers are dinosaurs” – In the 1940s, every third American was a daily newspaper subscriber; today, readership is only 15%. In 1945, ...

About the Authors

Elaine C. Kamarck is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution. Ashley Gabriele is a senior research assistant in the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution.

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