Preliminary communication
The Internet – A Comparative Evaluation in Relation to the Press and Television
Goran Bubaš
Dragutin Kermek
Abstract
The Internet is no longer a novelty for either media users or professional journalists.
After decades of domination of the traditional mass media, the Internet has
brought some significant changes in the way that individuals satisfy their informational
needs and in the way that news is shaped and presented in different media. The
purpose of the research reported here was to determine how persons familiar with the
Internet assess this new medium in relation to the more traditional media, such as the
print media and television. The survey covered 262 respondents, whose answers were
analyzed in the context of media functions and their advantages and drawbacks. The
respondents were aware of the advantages of the Internet with respect to individual
user needs and the social role of the media. Equally, however, they were aware also of
the drawbacks of the Internet, owing to the nature of the technology on which it relies.
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Hrčak ID:
23378
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Publication date:
20.5.2000.
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