学术英语7原文.pdf

1、Journalismisundergoingafundamentaltransformation,

perhapsthemostfundamentalsincetheriseofthepenny

pressofthemid-19thcentury.Inthetwilightofthe20th

Centuryandthedawnofthe21st,thereisemerginganew

formofjournalismwhosedistinguishingqualitiesinclude

ubiquitousnews,globalinformationaccess,instantaneous

reporting,interactivity,multimediacontent,andextreme

contentcustomization.Inmanywaysthisrepresentsa

potentiallybetterformofjournalismbecauseitcanreengage

anincreasinglydistrustingandalienatedaudience.Atthe

sametime,itpresentsmanythreatstothemostcherished

valuesandstandardsofjournalism.Authenticityofcontent,

sourceverification,accuracy,andtruthareallsuspectina

mediumwhereanyonewithacomputerandamodemcan

becomeaglobalpublisher.

2、AlthoughtheeasyansweristopointtotheInternet,the

reasonsforthetransformationofjournalismareneither

simplenorone-dimensional.Rather,asetofeconomic,

regulatory,andculturalforces,drivenbytechnologicalchange,

areconvergingtobringaboutamassiveshiftinthenatureof

journalismatthemillennium.

3、Thegrowthofaglobaleconomicsystem,madeupof

regionaleconomies,allinterrelated(witnessthevolatilityin

theworld’sfinancialmarketsinAugust1998,whendropsin

AsianandRussianmarketstriggereddropsinEuropeanand

U.S.markets)andincreasinglycontrolledbymultinational

corporatebehemoths,hasrewrittenthefinancialbasisfor

journalismandthemediaingeneral.Deregulation,asoutlined

intheU.S.Telecommunic