Carina Ihlström

Bio: Carina Ihlström is an academic researcher from Halmstad University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Newspaper & Electronic business. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 24 publications receiving 398 citations.

Evolution of the Web news genre-the slow move beyond the print metaphor

Abstract: Based on repetitive visits to three Scandinavian newspaper organizations, the paper presents trajectories of evolution for three Scandinavian news sites from 1996 to 1999. Genre awareness is an explanation of how users and designers create and maintain Web site awareness beyond the individual site. Genre is elaborated in terms of content, form and rationale. From the data it is concluded that Web news by 1999 possesses characteristics that makes it distinctive from print media and Web news sites from 1996. The immediacy of the Web affords the provision of news in a continuous pattern, similar to "live" reporting. Primary content of Web news is hard news that affords users to visit news sites throughout the day in order to stay informed. In comparison to print media, the Web genre has introduced composites to support the users in overview, navigation and browsing of the content of a news site.

Online newspapers in Scandinavia: A longitudinal study of genre change and interdependency

Abstract: Purpose – To examine the evolution of the online newspaper genre in Scandinavia. To provide an understanding of the institutional context in which online newspapers initially were produced and modified over time. Design/methodology/approach – A longitudinal study of three different types of newspapers in three Scandinavian countries. The study is based on interviews with newspaper representatives conducted during recurring visits in 1996, 1999 and 2002, and web page analysis of their online newspapers. Findings – The study illustrates how online newspapers have established a number of communicative practices significant for recognizing them as a distinct digital genre, and it outlines a set of institutional factors shaping the ongoing change of these newspapers. In addition, the study demonstrates the emergence of sequential interdependencies between online and printed news. Originality/value – The focus on Scandinavian newspapers in this paper complements studies conducted in other parts of the world regarding online newspaper genre evolution.

Revenues for Online Newspapers : Owner and User Perceptions

Abstract: The newspaper industry faces hard questions about business models and economic success for their online newspaper ventures. Managers, editors-in-chief and designers at nine local newspapers in Sweden were interviewed. In addition, semi-structured interviews with 153 users/readers of the news services of these nine newspapers were also conducted. The analysis reveals differences in digital news product content and revenue generation. The paper suggests a new business model for digital news products that includes content-based revenue generation through personalization, archiving and versioning, approaches to advertising that involve more highly targeted market intermediation, and non-news activities covering advertisers and information brokerage. Results suggest that management and users agree on the importance of archives, personalized and deep news content, and a role for the newspaper as intermediary. However, users are not willing to pay for increased multimedia or an e-commerce site sponsored by the news site.

E-business adoption by SMEs : prerequisites and attitudes of SMEs in a Swedish network

Abstract: The context for this research is the transformation process of small and medium-sized enterprises from traditional businesses toward e-businesses and the accompanying development of the knowledge a ...

Genre characteristics - a front page analysis of 85 Swedish online newspapers

Abstract: The online newspapers entered the Internet in the mid-nineties and since then it has become more and more common to read news online. There is a long tradition of designing newspapers in print but today there is a demand from both academics and practitioners for more knowledge about how to design user friendly news sites. The challenge is to design the online newspaper, in this rapidly changing media, to be the same familiar, user friendly and universally accepted product as the printed newspaper. We have designed a study in three parts to address this challenge. The overall research question is: How can design for a media in rapid development be communicated within a genre? The purpose of the first part of the study, presented in this paper, is to build a framework for identifying genre characteristics and to describe the Swedish online newspaper genre of today. We have conducted a front page analysis on the total population of 85 Swedish online newspapers. We suggest a quadruple of the genre concepts and a grid to handle positioning when building the framework. To describe the Swedish online newspaper genre we have used the taxonomy for the evolution of cybergenres together with the so called broadsheet metaphor. Aiming at a more comprehensive understanding of the online newspaper genre we modified the model by adding the leaf node 'progressed'.

Management of research. introduction

Abstract: The purpose and functions of the Highway Research Board's Committee on Conduct of Research are set forth, and papers sponsored by the Committee and presented at the Annual Meetings of the Highway Research Board are mentioned. The Committee, which seeks to improve the quality and effectiveness of research, serves as a forum for the exhange of ideas and the delineation of the problems associated with the various methods of organizing and administering research programs, the consideration of project design and instrumentation, and the application of research findings in the transportation field. The Committee has sponsored Annual Meeting sessions (in 1969, 1973, and 1974) on various aspects (selection, design, and supervision of projects as well as the implementation of results and evaluation of the benefits) of research management. Papers presented at the 1969 sessions were published in Highway Research Record 338. Eight papers presented at the 1973 sessions are included in this publication.

Weblogs as a bridging genre

Abstract: Purpose – Aims to describe systematically the characteristics of weblogs (blogs) – frequently modified web pages in which dated entries are listed in reverse chronological sequence and which are the latest genre of internet communication to attain widespread popularity.Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents the results of a quantitative content analysis of 203 randomly selected blogs, comparing the empirically observable features of the corpus with popular claims about the nature of blogs, and finding them to differ in a number of respects.Findings – Notably, blog authors, journalists and scholars alike exaggerate the extent to which blogs are interlinked, interactive, and oriented towards external events, and underestimate the importance of blogs as individualistic, intimate forms of self‐expression.Originality/value – Based on the profile generated by the empirical analysis, considers the likely antecedents of the blog genre, situates it with respect to the dominant forms of digital communica...

Interactivity in the daily routines of online newsrooms: Dealing with an uncomfortable myth

Abstract: This article analyzes interactivity in online journalism as a powerful myth with which journalists have to deal in their daily work. A constructivist approach to media innovation is used to explore the historical origins of the myth that predicted interactivity would change journalism and to confront it with the actual practices of online media projects through published empirical research and four case studies selected from an average European regional market. The analysis of the cases is based on ethnography of online newsrooms working routines and in-depth interviews with reporters, editors and web developers. The actual role of the myth of interactivity in shaping the development of these four online news projects is discussed taking into account the material and organizational context of the newsrooms. Findings suggest that the professional culture of traditional journalism has a strong inertia in the online newsrooms that prevents them from developing most of the ideals of interactivity, as they do not fit in the standardized news production routines. Resume Interactivity in the daily routines of online newsrooms: dealing with an uncomfortable myth This article analyzes interactivity in online journalism as a powerful myth with which journalists have to deal in their daily work. A constructivist approach to media innovation is used to explore the historical origins of the myth that predicted interactivity would change journalism and to confront it with the actual practices of online media projects through published empirical research and four case studies selected from an average European regional market. The analysis of the cases is based on ethnography of online newsrooms working routines and in-depth interviews with reporters, editors and web developers. The actual role of the myth of interactivity in shaping the development of these four online news projects is discussed taking into account the material and organizational context of the newsrooms. Findings suggest that the professional culture of traditional journalism has a strong inertia in the online newsrooms that prevents them from developing most of the ideals of interactivity, as they do not fit in the standardized news production routines. Resumen La Interactividad en las Rutinas Diarias de la Salas de Redaccion de Noticias Online: Tratando con un Mito Incomodo Este articulo analiza la interactividad en el periodismo online como un mito poderoso con el cual los periodistas tienen que tratar en su trabajo cotidiano. Un enfoque constructivista de la innovacion de los medios fue usado para explorar los origenes historicos del mito que predijeron la interactividad cambiaria al periodismo y para confrontarlo con las practicas corrientes de los proyectos de los medios online a traves de investigaciones empiricas publicadas y cuatro estudios de caso seleccionados de un promedio del mercado regional Europeo. Este analisis de los casos es basado en etnografias de las salas de redaccion online trabajando en sus rutinas y de entrevistas en profundidad con reporteros, editores y creadores de la red. El rol actual del mito de la interactividad en el desarrollo de estos 4 proyectos de noticias online es discutido teniendo en cuenta el material y el contexto organizacional de las salas de redaccion. Los resultados sugieren que la cultura profesional del periodismo tradicional tiene una inercia ponderosa sobre las salas de redaccion de noticias previniendolas de desarrollar muchos de los ideales de interactividad, dado que no encajan en las rutinas estandarizadas de la produccion de noticias. ZhaiYao Yo yak