<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The development trend of online journalism in Kosovo continues with great strides in relation to newspaper journalism. Some newspapers are continuing to survive and still on market despite the decline of readers as part of a worldwide trend of readers moving to online platforms. This study will analyze the content of journalistic texts in newspapers and online media, measuring their core values. This study is about the transformation, namely the change of journalism standards from traditional media (newspapers) to online media. Journalism theorists argue that the standards of journalism should be the same in newspapers and online media. But the practice in Kosovo is completely different. The main hypothesis of this study is that professional standards in online journalism in Kosovo have fallen; in newspaper journalism, however, there is still a high level of professionalism in writing and reporting. To test these two hypotheses, texts from two newspapers and two online media shall be analyzed. Therefore, the analysis will be done on texts from “Zëri” and “Koha Ditore” newspapers, and their online versions, “zëri.info” and “koha.net”.</p></abstract>

The development trend of online journalism in Kosovo continues with great strides in relation to newspaper journalism. Some newspapers are continuing to survive and still on market despite the decline of readers as part of a worldwide trend of readers moving to online platforms. This study will analyze the content of journalistic texts in newspapers and online media, measuring their core values. This study is about the transformation, namely the change of journalism standards from traditional media (newspapers) to online media. Journalism theorists argue that the standards of journalism should be the same in newspapers and online media. But the practice in Kosovo is completely different. The main hypothesis of this study is that professional standards in online journalism in Kosovo have fallen; in newspaper journalism, however, there is still a high level of professionalism in writing and reporting. To test these two hypotheses, texts from two newspapers and two online media shall be analyzed. Therefore, the analysis will be done on texts from “Zëri” and “Koha Ditore” newspapers, and their online versions, “zëri.info” and “koha.net”.

Transforming News Journalism from Newspapers into Online Media Outlets in Kosovo

Department of Journalism, Faculty of Philology

University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”

Social Communication

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The development trend of online journalism in Kosovo continues with great strides in relation to newspaper journalism. Some newspapers are continuing to...

Transforming News Journalism from Newspapers into Online Media Outlets in Kosovo

Online veröffentlicht: 12. März 2020

Seitenbereich: 28 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sc-2020-0004

Schlüsselwörter
Kosovo, online journalism, text, standards, transformation, “Zëri”, “Koha Ditore”

© 2020 Faton Ismajli, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Transforming News Journalism from Newspapers into Online Media Outlets in Kosovo

Online veröffentlicht: 12. März 2020

Seitenbereich: 28 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sc-2020-0004

SchlüsselwörterKosovo, online journalism, text, standards, transformation, “Zëri”, “Koha Ditore”

© 2020 Faton Ismajli, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
Kosovo, online journalism, text, standards, transformation, “Zëri”, “Koha Ditore”