Merrill Brown, journaliste et ex-rédacteur en chef de MSNBC.com, a produit une analyse poussée sur la question pour la Carnegie Foundation. Nommée "Abandoning the News", elle commence par un constat net de l'abandon des plus jeunes utilisateurs des médias d'actualités traditionnels :
"There's a dramatic revolution taking place in the news business today and it isn't about TV anchor changes, scandals at storied newspapers or embedded reporters. The future course of the news, including the basic assumptions about how we consume news and information and make decisions in a democratic society are being altered by technology-savvy young people no longer wedded to traditional news outlets or even accessing news in traditional ways. In short, the future of the U.S. news industry is seriously threatened by the seemingly irrevocable move by young people away from traditional sources of news".
Une présentation en quelques slides est disponible ici pour un aperçu. Une synthèse ici.
Citée sur le blog de Dan Gillmor, l'analyse fait naître quelques commentaires intéressants dans le style "micro-trottoir" :
- "I like being able to get international news when I want to. I like getting news that has no ties to the American Media Monster and I like to get small stories from ordinary people on their ordinary blogs".
- "I think us old guys are, have been, abandoning the newspapers and TV news.
I gave up all subscriptions (...)". - "One of the greatest problems I have with the media is this damned horse race reporting".
- "News organisations report points of view, rather than helping readers determine factual truth".
- "News organisations save time and money by simply repackaging press releases from companies as news"
Sensationnalisme, manque de mise en perspective, retard d'adaptation aux nouveaux formats d'utilisation, etc. La liste des doléances est connue... et longue.
Commentaires