Volume : 8, Issue : 2, February - 2019

The Usage of new media among Kannada Television Journalists: A study

Vilas Nandodkar, Dr Sanjay Malagatti

Abstract :

The growth of communication technologies, the impact of globalization and the liberal policy adopted by the government have ought in stupendous changes in the field of communication. A key change in news processing and reporting rooms has been the introduction of computer and laptops which have replaced manual typewriters in large number of newspapers all over the country. The technological change in news gathering have really increased the speed of news and helped newspaper managements to push their deadlines. The numbers of media organizations are well equipped technology now days. Journalists are also able to plan more number of editions and provide latest news to readers. A number of languages news papers are using new technologies to ing out separate editions for each of the district. The changing technology influences journalism in at least four oad areas: the relationships between or among news organizations, journalists and their many publics. Although new media such as the Internet, World Wide Web and digital video are perhaps the most visible examples of technologies that are transforming journalism, the history of journalism is in many ways defined by technological change. The article concludes with a proposed research agenda for the study of journalism and technological change, and finding the extent of use of web search engines by journalists. This paper aims to determine how they use the search engines as a part of their everyday life.