The technological advancements have resulted in changes in which the journalists broadcast the news to the populace. The New York Times is one of the newspapers that took total advantage of the digital platform and it increased its accessibility. Studies showed that 60%-80% of the people all over the world accessed the newspaper monthly via the digital platform (Boczkowski, Pablo, 77). There was no difference in the total wordings used between the print media and the cyber times articles. The Cyber Time’s editors had credibility in the stories and they were also reliable. Nonetheless, the technology part of the Cyber Time did not have a variety of options and they did not provide the readers with the option to obtain a background story. The innovation in technology enhanced the interdependency of the communication practices. The digital media increased diversity in journalism.
Nonetheless, the availability of the magazines in the Cyber Times came with its shortcomings (Boczkowski, Pablo, 104). Most of the digital magazines provided the readers with an option to comment even without disclosing their identities. Nonetheless, the option is under scrutiny because of the outcry of many journalists who argued that anonymity should not exist on the sites for news. The Washington post proposed that those who wished to comment on the news articles should use their real names. The use of the real names would limit and control the types of the comments posted by the people. In order to eliminate the challenge of anonymity, the New York Times, the Huffington Post and the Washington post required those who wished to comment to first sign in and give a brief story about them. It helped to bring sanity in the articles because those with negative comments did not have anywhere to hide.
Work cited
Boczkowski, Pablo J. Digitizing the news: Innovation in online newspapers. MIT Press, 2005.
