CYBER VS PRINT MEDIA

By Pushker Srivastava
B.Tech., MBA, PGDCA, MMC, Ph.D.

Corporate Trainer & Consultant (IT & Digital Media)

Ex. Production Manager, SAIL, Govt. of India
Director (Projects) Network 18 Group
Visiting Professor
Indian Institute of Mass Communication
Jawaharlal Nehru University
University of Delhi
GGS IP University
Guru Jambheshwar University
CCS University

Corporate Trainer
Indian Armed Forces
Para Military Forces
ICAR

CYBER VS PRINT MEDIA

Sr. Cyber Journalism

no.
1. Cyber journalism
lowers the cost &
economizes the
method of publishing.

Print Journalism
The publishing cost is
very high. One needs
paper, printing
machines and material
with large manual
inputs.

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Sr. Cyber Journalism

no.
2. Internet has redefined
the deadlines.
Deadline for cyber
journalist could be
next minute next
second

Print Journalism
Newspapers or
magazines are
published after a day,
fortnight or a month.

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Sr. Cyber Journalism
no.
3. Cyber journalist needs to
be prepared to engage
reader(s) in an ongoing
dialogue. He is like a bartender, who does not say
what is important the
right remains with the
reader so cyber journalist
is a virtual guide to his
readers.

Print Journalism
A print journalist
can't interact with
his readers that
much, he can be
at best a
gatekeeper who
decides what to
publish and what
not to.

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Sr. Cyber Journalism

no.
4. The element of
interactivity, speed
and instant feedback
from the readers is
the key feature.

Print Journalism
Print media cannot
interact with its
readers
instantaneously and
normally the news is 810 hrs. late.

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Sr. Cyber Journalism

no.
5. Cyber journalism
allows readers to
discover the value of
old news i.e.
retrieving of news,
information is fast in
cyber media.

Print Journalism
One cannot find old
news or previous
versions of
newspapers with that
ease.

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Sr. Cyber Journalism

no.
6. The voice of online
journalism is more
passionate and
impressionistic.

Print Journalism
Print journalism is
traditional and cannot
drive the readers
passionately.

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Sr. Cyber Journalism

Print Journalism
no.
7. The cyber journalism Print journalism is not
is telegraphic, instant fast and is local.
and reach is global.

CYBER VS PRINT MEDIA

Sr. Cyber Journalism

no.
8. Cyber media displays
the news with
graphics, pictures,
sound and movies
and thus more
realistic. (visual
communication
more retention)

Print Journalism
Print journalism has its
own limitations, it cant
show videos and can
not produce sounds.

CYBER VS PRINT MEDIA

Sr. Cyber Journalism

Print Journalism
no.
9. The readers are
There is no such
being guided by help facility.
buttons, site maps or
navigation facilities

CYBER VS PRINT MEDIA

Sr. Cyber Journalism

no.
10. Cyber journalism has
limited yet
enthusiastic
audience, who
demand focused
information.

Print Journalism
Print has wide range of
readers but it can't
provide the focused
information to readers.

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Sr. Cyber Journalism

no.
11. Credibility is doubtful
as the source of the
information / news is
not always displayed
hence so is the
authenticity.

Print Journalism
Since source is known
and is in bylines,
hence more reliable
and authentic.

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Sr. Cyber Journalism

no.
12. Hacker can twist the
news, change the
data and thus stories
and news may give
wrong information, so
reliability suffers.

Print Journalism
Once published and in
circulation, no one
change the contents of
a newspaper.

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Sr. Cyber Journalism
no.
13. On internet, readers
have more choice
and if not attracted by
the contents, they can
switch to other newswebsites.

Print Journalism
In print media, choice
is very limited.
Readers generally
subscribe to one or
two papers.

It is more than just graphics, color scheme and

layout that keeps the readers glued to a particular
website and i.e. content.

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