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Sama Alzahrani 13 Aug 2012

According to (Manovich 2), Transcoding refers to “the changes that occur due to translating an established cultural product into a new technology”.

Journalism of New York Times has been transcoded from print to digital in the past 12 years.

Of special interest to the researchers were:

• the relationship between the online multimedia material and material appearing in print and the presence of feedback mechanisms and interactive features in the multimedia packages.

“The number and sophistication of the multimedia packages grew over time to include new interfaces that incorporated elements native to digital environments such as hyper textual links, interactivity, and elements borrowed from digital games and social media tools” (Jacobson 4).

Features observed in the interactive packages . present on the site

Videos were often made as stand-alone content.

Photo slideshows were often used in conjunction with newspaper stories, although the online packages contained almost twice the number of photos on newspaper stories.

The style of reporting in the online platform exhibited extensive variation with the print media.

Stories on the online platform had a personal signature and offered broader facts, in stark contrast to the brief first-person statements in print editions

VIDEO: NY TIMES: USAIN BOLT VS. 116 YEARS OF OLYMPIC SPRINTERS

The video on Usain Bolt can be regarded as a stand alone content.

http://creativity-online.com/work/ny-times-usain-bolt-vs-116-years-of-olympic-sprinters/28771

BMX Cycling QuarterfinalsLittle Camaraderie, Plenty of Crashes at BMX RacesAn example of media package on nytimes.com

The photo slides in the NY times give a round up of all the highlights that were witness at the London Olympics

Use of Photo Slides by New York times.

The photo slides in the NY times gives a clear understanding of the lifestyle in London. The slides are under the genre art and design.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/07/27/arts/design/20120727-STREETS.html

Use of Photo Slides by New York times.

SILVER-GREENBERnytimes .com reporter

The nytimes.com reporter wrote a compelling story on the accusations against Bank on Iran Deals that surprised the U.S.

http://thunderfeeds.com/reader/news/iran-accusations-against-bank-surprised-regulators-too-new-york-times

From the graph it is evident that the first person perspective is able to enjoy more interactive features than a third person perspective. http://firstlook.blogs.nytimes.com/category/interactive-features/

The multi media packages offer a lot of information to aspiring journalists. For example, a Nytimes editor Tyler Manaukian has a multimedia journalist blog That offer analysis of an effective multimedia package.

http://tmanoukian.wordpress.com/tag/new-york-times/

Another site that that focuses on transcoding the news and has a full report on multimedia journalism is :

http://nms.sagepub.com/content/14/5/867.abstracti

Face book is one the most common means of communication in this digital world. Nytimes has a face book account in which they interact with there subscribers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/opinion/wising-up-to-facebook.html?_r=1

Nytime.com also has numerous flowers on tweeter one can get the breaking news from their tweeter accounts.

Transcoding refers to the changes that occur due to translating an established cultural product into a new technology.

Journalism on nytimes.com has been transcoded from print to web based packages as shown earlier.

The number and sophistication of multimedia packages published on nytimes.com grew during the eight-year period to include new forms of journalistic expression, such as audio slideshows and interactive info graphics.

It remains to be seen whether video stories will continue to grow independently of written stories on nytimes.com.

Activity

In groups, discuss the following questions and

tweet your answers to #mdia5003 : How do you think the invariable web package

growth will change journalism in future?

Will it be affected positively or negatively?

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