Tidningens anpassning till Internet
En jämförelse mellan papperstidningar och webbtidningar
Web news sitesNewspapersInternetWebbtidningarTidningarPapperstidningarInternetDagens NyheterAftonbladetVärmlands Folkblad
Newspapers have undergone big changes with the progress of Internet and the newspapers establishment on the Internet. This adjustment to the Internet has resulted in differences between the content in newspapers and Web news sites. A quantitative content analysis and questions to Web authorities have been used in this study to describe what these differences are. During three days, three different newspapers were analysed and the conclusion was that many of the articles that were published in the newspapers also could be found in the newspapers Web versions. At the same time a lot of the articles on the Web news sites were not published in the newspapers. A common factor for all the newspapers who were analysed was that there was a larger share of news articles on the Web news sites first pages. The newspapers on the other hand had a larger share of culture- and sport articles.Of the articles that were represented in both the printed newspapers and the Web version there were not so many differences as were expected from the beginning of the analysis. The articles on the Web news sites were in some cases longer since you don?t have the same lack of space in this media and the articles often contained updated information that weren?t available when the newspaper was printed. The articles in the newspapers usually had more pictures and facts connected to the text while the Web news sites articles contained links to earlier and similar articles that helps the reader to put the news in to a bigger context. In the newspapers there were often references to the Web version for more information and in that way the Web news site was used as a complement to the newspaper.The number of interaction possibilities was varying among the different kinds of newspapers. There were both possibilities to comment on articles and also possibilities to watch web-TV, listen to sound files and watch picture shows. The conclusion that could be drawn from this was that it was important to maintain a good quality on the comments of articles so that they can create a value for the reader. It is also good if the newspaper and the Web version can offer different possibilities.