The level of writing and reporting the same in electronic as opposed to print versions. There is no fee to view the Daily Trojan.
Use of advertisements
No advertisements for this site.
Focus and length of stories on the web
Are shorter or longer stories more effective? short stories.
What types of stories and features seem most appropriate?
Local news, weather, and classified ads.
Is in-depth reporting effective? Yes. Briefly summary
the story and link to the whole story.
Can the web support types of journalism other than entertainment?
Yes
How is color used? Please discuss effective uses and
potential uses.
To make the website colorful to attract attention to
readers and make them to stay in longer. The color is also used to highlight
the titles of the articles to attention the readers.
How are graphics used? Please discuss effective uses
and potential uses.
In what ways do graphics enhance and in what ways do
they detract or interfere with the page? The graphics are really helped
the page to attract readers. However, if the readers have slow connection
such as home PC users, they will loose their patience to load the full
pictures. In this case, the pictures are useless.
How can and do graphics enhance the stories and how can
this enhancement be maximized? Use small size of graphics - less than 50Kb
is very good.
Does web journalism seem to be closer in nature and usage of traditional broadcast journalism or to print journalism? No. The traditional broadcast journalism or print journalism give the readers more entertainment than the web version. The web version is only, in my point of view, for researching and studying cases. It is just a huge database on the connected internet.
Does the web need to be represented by a new synthesis of the two traditional forms? If so what forms might it evolve into? - (Please give some thoughts on the subject as there are currently no definitive answers to the question.) The web should be as a database with searching enable and its own look. It does not need to be like the two traditional forms.