Research sources table log: Pay wall on online journalism

 

Activities	Sources found	How found?	How useful/reliable
Assignment was set. Topic decided on and discussed. List of sub-questions created. Initial web searches- secondary research – Wikipedia…etc	http://www.wallblog. co.uk/2010/07/14/no- one-is-subscribing-to- the-times-paywall- says-source/   http://www.guardian. co.uk/media/greensl ade/2010/sep/24/pa ywalls-magazines http://www.guardian. co.uk/media/greensl ade/2010/sep/23/pa ywalls- wallstreetjournal http://www.wallblog. co.uk/2010/08/10/tim   es-paywall-is-a- foolish-experiment-  that-wont-last-says- wikiepdia-founder/ http://www.bbc.co.u k/blogs/thereporters/ rorycellanjones/2010/ 07/the_times_paywal  l_hit_or_miss.html   http://www.bbc.co.u k/blogs/thereporters/r orycellanjones/2010/ 07/the_times_paywall _hit_or_miss.html http://www.beehivec ity.com/newspapers/ graphs-that-tell-you -nothing-about-the- times-paywall-   prospects/ http://www.beehivec ity.com/news papers/times -paywall- more- analysis-of- the- data191807   http://paidcontent.c o.uk/article/419-why -raising-the-pay-wall- may-be-an- impossible-dream/	Search on  journalism.co.uk and Googled the topic – lots of sources found. Searched topic in main newspapers.	The sources at the top are all blogs and articles so are subject to bias. All sources here are recent but data is not necessarily bang up to date as they are mostly written when the initial introduction of a pay wall came in so don’t have longer term information The 2 articles here is reliable as it is from the BBC which as a public service broadcaster cannot be bias or untrue so is very reliable. Use cited sources from trusted and known information site but article is very bias. NOT USEFUL Out of date.
Plan break down of research topic	www.alexa.com www.nmauk.co.uk	Research blog recommendations	These are known and reliable data collecting sites for quantitative information.
Look on inute.ac.uk Researched academic documents on the research topic	http://inute.ac.uk   NOT USEFUL http://www.gold.ac.u   k/media-research-centre Led to finding Bob Franklin ‘Introduction to journalism’ book extract on the future of journalism & the pay wall. www.informaworld.c   om/smpp/section?content=a924149106&fu lltext=713240928#references	Dead end. Numerous searches returned useless results. Went on the goldsmiths site and looked at their media research then looked for papers professors had written online.	All links on these sites are preapproved and academically viable if relevant. Very reliable as it is used for academic purposes and written by qualified academics.
Looked at books.	Found very little in  books and library search as even new books are out of date with the very recent paywall changes. Looking through books I looked at New Media publications, and Democracy in Journalism.  They were not of use.	Library & in class.	NOT USEFUL
Looked for even more up to date sources following the rise of the News of the World pay wall	http://www.beehivec ity.com/ (http://www.beehive city.com/newspaper s/times-paywall-more -analysis-of-the- data191807/)	Searched on beehive city for articles.	Beehive City was founded by three former Times journalists in January 2010. Free of any corporate link to any of Britain’s major media companies, it is now the number one independent media news site in the UK. It includes a number of cited sources and independent analysis and opinion.

Research: Print journalisms move to online media

Print move online and industry changes/developments

Impact and success of these changes

QUALITATIVE

THE PAYWALL

http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-why-raising-the-pay-wall-may-be-an-impossible-dream/

“The Times legal blogger BabyBarista quit the paper’s website in early June saying that the move to a paywall would be a disaster for News International. He has since joined the Guardian, which has been pushing a front-page promo panel advertising the fact that its website remains free.!”

http://www.wallblog.co.uk/2010/07/14/no-one-is-subscribing-to-the-times-paywall-says-source/

Other paywalls

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/sep/24/paywalls-magazines

The Guardian has no plans to bring up a paywall

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/sep/23/paywalls-wallstreetjournal

Free magazines GROWTH compared to paywall ones

http://www.journalism.co.uk/14/articles/537204.php

WIKIPEDIA founder says it won’t work

http://www.wallblog.co.uk/2010/08/10/times-paywall-is-a-foolish-experiment-that-wont-last-says-wikiepdia-founder/

I’ve said it before and I will say it again – The Times paywall is anti social media. Its paywall just, as Wales says, removes it from the paper from the conversation. And no one is talking about it. Shame.

ANALYSIS OF TIMES SUCCESS

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/has-rupert-murdochs-paywall-gamble-paid-off-2067907.html

QUANTITATIVE

Times paywall data - http://www.beehivecity.com/newspapers/times-paywall-more-analysis-of-the-data191807

  http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/08/times-paywall-site-data

Initial times figures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010/07/the_times_paywall_hit_or_miss.html

Ø  Online readership (viewings) of main newspapers

Ø  Compare to print readership

FUTURE OF JOURNALISM ARTICLE – from Franklin, Bob (2010) 'INTRODUCTION', Journalism Studies

www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a924149106&fulltext=713240928#references

http://www.wallblog.co.uk/2010/07/14/no-one-is-subscribing-to-the-times-paywall-says-source/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/sep/24/paywalls-magazines http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/sep/23/paywalls-wallstreetjournal http://www.wallblog.co.uk/2010/08/10/times-paywall-is-a-foolish-experiment-that-wont-last-says-wikiepdia-founder/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010/07/the_times_paywall_hit_or_miss.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010/07/the_times_paywall_hit_or_miss.html http://www.beehivecity.com/newspapers/graphs-that-tell-you-nothing-about-the-times-paywall-prospects/ http://www.beehivecity.com/newspapers/times-paywall-more-analysis-of-the-data191807 http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-why-raising-the-pay-wall-may-be-an-impossible-dream/

www.alexa.com www.nmauk.co.uk

http://inute.ac.uk   NOT USEFUL http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-research-centre Led to finding Bob Franklin ‘Introduction to journalism’ book extract on the future of journalism & the pay wall. www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a924149106&fulltext=713240928#references

Found very little in books and library search as even new books are out of date with the very recent paywall changes. Looking through books I looked at New Media publications, and Democracy in Journalism.  They were not of use.

http://www.beehivecity.com/ (http://www.beehivecity.com/newspapers/times-paywall-more-analysis-of-the-data191807/)

Reliable websites

The internet is a completely open source of information. Anyone can make a website and what's online is never necessarily correct and often likely to be bias or a matter of opinion, so when doing research we must always be careful in the choice of our online sources.

Think about:-

Who...
is writing the site and how bias and correct their information is. Check whether the site is edited by users like wikipedia and blogs. If this is the case then you should look for reliable references. And if the site is from a direct source like a company website it is likely to be reliable on information about the company and correct but may also omit negatives. You can check this by looking 'about us' sections.

What...
kind of website is it is it a blog is it a official sitew or a fan site or a blog. Is the information on there based on fact or opinion. Is it a secondary or primary made site. And what proof is there that information on the site is true.


Why...
is the website there. What is it made for and who is it made for. For example is it made for adertising purposes? Websites like the BBC website are made for public service sites and primary information from them will always be fact unless stated otherwise.

When...
was it made and will the date correspond with the research you're doing. Research, especially on things like new media, can quickly become outdated so always check the dates on a site.