To sum up, there may be many good reasons for newspapers to offer their own Web sites, but a quick return on investment probably isn't one of them. Many are managing their newspapers like chain shoe stores, with no sense of being important community institutions with highly important responsibilities to the public. Other authors offer cautionary tales from other countries. At the same time, observers also point out that technology is making vast numbers of new channels available to citizens. If this potential is properly managed, there is the opportunity to create thousands of new voices in the media mix.
Authors raise provocative questions about student-produced electronic media and the First Amendment.
They describe how the resources of the Internet are now being integrated into curriculum and instruction. A quantitative study finds that there are relationships between the quality of the journalism education program and the college's efforts to support or suppress the student-run newspaper. At the same time, extensive journalism education and excellence in campus newspapers join frequently, as well. That's not a particularly surprising finding, but it's nice to have it supported by a formal study.