newspapers in the 21
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The trend toward e-publishingAMSU, Maastricht (EJC), 27 July 2007
Jan Bierhoff
European Centre for Digital Communication
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overview of this presentation
• (e) publishing trends• e-publishing technology - e-Ink• the DigiNews project• the Me-Paper project• and you?
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publishing trends
• shrinking– circulation > demographics, lifestyles– scope > special interest– authority > dont speak, point!
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e-publishing trends
• broadening– assembling > professional sense making– structuring > linking the pro’s and am’s– platforming > facilitator for communities
> embedded publishing
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publishing formats
• downsizing– broadsheet > home reading– tabloid > mobile reading– daily magazine > hybrid paper
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e-Publishing formats
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e-publishing formats
• upscaling– cellphone > ongoing services– PDA > field trials– e-reader (A5) / flexreader (A4) > tests
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/timesreader.html
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e-Ink technology
• Readability– In bright light– No flickering– Paper
resemblance
• Mobile– Low power
consumption– Thin– Light weight
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the e-reader iLiad
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e-Paper project De TijdLessons learned
• design– not just put the newspaper on the e-reader
• testing
- use a mature product• opportunities seen by users
– on holiday, while on the road– download several newspapers– put maps on it
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DigiNews Project
• project partnersSeveral Swedish newspapers, KTH, HH, other European newspapers, research institutes and Philips
• general objectiveSuggest a solution that includes all parts needed to produce, distribute and consume digital news
• three prototypes36 participants, evaluation of task oriented navigation
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Prototype AftonbladedNavigation• Frontpage
(no further links)• Table of contents
(no further links)• Article selection• Arrows
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Prototype Göteborgs-PostenNavigation• Frontpage
(articles)• Index
(start of section)• Navigation menu
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Prototype Sundsvall TidningNavigation• Hyperlinks (right)• Page indication• Frontpage
(articles)• Index
(articles)• Arrows
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DigiNews projectLessons learned
• overview of front-page is important• not only use paper metaphor• overview at front-page and index are
appreciated• use the same sections as in paper version• direct links to articles• feedback is important
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Me-Paper project• project partners
– five Dutch newspapers (local-regional-national)– two research institutes: (Dutch) EC/DC and (Flemish) IBBT
• general objective– setting up a development lab for the design of journalistic
formats– the establishment of a living lab for parallel continuous user
testing
• technology– Ultra Mobile PCs– e-Ink mounted readers (iLiad)
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Palm tablet / UMPC
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Me-Paper actions
• focus:
development of journalistic formats• content• design• functionality
http://roularta.publitas.nl/knack/juli07/magazine.php
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Me-Paper actions
• process• brainstorms: news provision in 2012• concepts: priorities, choices, sketches• paper prototypes / low fidelity
• user evaluation
• prototypes / high fidelity
(both iLiad and UMPC)• user evaluation
• new services participating papers