Print and online news: remediation practices in content and form
Journal
Journalism Studies
Date Issued
2013
Author(s)
DOI
10.1080/1461670X.2012.746860
Abstract
Drawing upon the notions of remediation and bricolage, the present study investigates the
content relationship of print and online news. The article analyses the main characteristics and
changes occurring in the form of print and online news at a time when cultural, technological and
economic imperatives nurture a new ethos in the practices of professionals and organizations.
Print and online newspapers in Greece seem to share a symbiotic relationship, with the
representational power of the print—articulated in news form and relevant news values and
criteria—still being strong. Although displacement effects are hard to claim, both print and online
media tend to refashion themselves. It remains to be seen whether this refashioning process will
lead the two media to greater amalgamation, bringing them even to merge into one or whether
divergence processes will prevail, generating distinct news forms.
content relationship of print and online news. The article analyses the main characteristics and
changes occurring in the form of print and online news at a time when cultural, technological and
economic imperatives nurture a new ethos in the practices of professionals and organizations.
Print and online newspapers in Greece seem to share a symbiotic relationship, with the
representational power of the print—articulated in news form and relevant news values and
criteria—still being strong. Although displacement effects are hard to claim, both print and online
media tend to refashion themselves. It remains to be seen whether this refashioning process will
lead the two media to greater amalgamation, bringing them even to merge into one or whether
divergence processes will prevail, generating distinct news forms.