http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2006/11/28/newspaper-readership-was-declining-before-the-www-and-didnt-decline-any-faster-after-it/ A conversation. Tue, 15 May 2012 09:53:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2006/11/28/newspaper-readership-was-declining-before-the-www-and-didnt-decline-any-faster-after-it/#comment-612 Murley Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:35:00 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/newspaper-readership-was-declining-before-the-www-and-didnt-decline-any-faster-after-it/#comment-612 <em>The later period was marked by the popularity of internet newspapers.</em>I'm sorry, but the period from 1995-2000 was not marked by the popularity of internet newspapers. You have to account for penetration of Internet access and broadband access. There were no weblogs, no RSS feeds, no easily accessible video options, no iPod.Adoption rates and use of the Internet for news has greatly increased in the period after 2000. If the researchers could replicate the study for 2000-2005, and find the same declines in readership, then I'd say they've proven something. The later period was marked by the popularity of internet newspapers.I’m sorry, but the period from 1995-2000 was not marked by the popularity of internet newspapers. You have to account for penetration of Internet access and broadband access. There were no weblogs, no RSS feeds, no easily accessible video options, no iPod.Adoption rates and use of the Internet for news has greatly increased in the period after 2000. If the researchers could replicate the study for 2000-2005, and find the same declines in readership, then I’d say they’ve proven something.

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