Wednesday, April 22, 2009

In Class and Can't Think...

So we are doing our portfolio workshop today to edit our papers. The problem is I can't think of what to write about for my paper. I'm going to try that whole "free writing" thing to see if I can't get some creative juices flowing. Ok here goes:


I'm talking about how newspapers lose their identities when they put their papers online right? And that by shortening up and condensing their articles to appeal to the online audience, results in a loss of identity for the article. I was trying to compare these online articles to the news on television in that it seems like they both are trying to get your attention more than they are trying to give you the news. However, this was confusing not just to McArdle but re-reading it i confused myself a little bit. He suggested that the online articles are a hybrid of two media's and that is how I should describe it. Maybe that's what I will do. Alright nice talk.

2 comments:

Amanda Holland said...

in class and can't think.... i hate that. and it happens to me almost everyday. i think that if we to pick our own schedules, it would be better?

Casey McArdle said...

try to set definitions for print articles and online articles - then go from there and see which medium has been the most effected by the other - sounds interesting