+ Page 1 + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ####### ######## ######## ########### ### ### ## ### ## # ### # Interpersonal Computing and ### ### ## ### ## ### Technology: ### ### ## ### ### An Electronic Journal for ### ######## ### ### the 21st Century ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ## ### ISSN: 1064-4326 ### ### ### ## ### July, 1995 ####### ### ######## ### Volume 3, Number 3, pp. 1-11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057 Additional support provided by the Center for Academic Computing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 This article is archived as CONTENTS IPCTV3N3 on LISTSERV@GUVM (LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Letter from the Editor of this Special Issue 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles 3. Table of Contents and Abstracts 4. Editorial Board 5. Copyright Statement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Page 2 + 1. Letter from the Editor of this Special Issue CYBERJOURNALISM: PRINT IN THE AGE OF THE COMPUTER R. Thomas Berner Professor of Journalism and American Studies The Pennsylvania State University When I was growing up in the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania in the 1950s, some people were applauding one of the regional train companies because it had added trucks as a delivery mode and had changed its name to include the word "transportation." Newspapers, on the other hand, remained newspapers. Even if their owners also owned a television station or interest in a cable company, the distribution of information was rarely integrated and each medium remained in its own niche. Today an increasing number of newspaper publishers see themselves as information distributors and redistributors. They have expanded their services. They have moved from a time when the daily paper quickly ended up in the bottom of the bird cage or wrapped around garbage. Today, when the newsprint on which the newspaper is printed can be recycled for another day, the information in the newspaper can be redistributed in imaginative and useful ways and to different audiences than the one that reads the traditional newspaper. Shrinking newspaper audiences and increasing computer sophistication among the public have given publishers new impetus and ways to re-use information they already own. Websites and home pages abound. The number of papers now online changes so frequently that giving a number today would be meaningless tomorrow. + Page 3 + The bulk of this issue touches on just a piece of what is happening in the world of newspapers and in the practice of journalism. Three articles tell how publishers in Seattle, Baltimore and Washington are re-using information. And that is just part of what is happening. Once upon a time a small newspaper would rely on a news agency for coverage outside its circulation area; today journalists can go around the world gathering information and never leave their newsroom keyboards, showing once again that all news is local but in a different way. For newspapers and journalists, this is an age of transformation. And while they have transformed before, this change is more pronounced and more evident than others. The railroads, by the way, still went out of business, done in by a network of superhighways criss-crossing the country. Is there message there for newspaper publishers or have they gotten the message? Read on. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles GOPHER IPCT Journal, including all back issues, is available via gopher from GUVM.CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU (or 141.161.71.1). 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To retrieve this article GET BONDAROO IPCTV3N3 ABSTRACT From the days of the first printing press to today's computerized online services, newspapers have often taken advantage of emerging technologies to expand their reach. This article describes the strategies used to develop the Seattle Times Extra and outlines some of the challenges that the introduction of this two-way computerized medium brought to the company and the newspaper. Page numbers: 12-31 To retrieve this article GET BONDAROO IPCTV3N3 ------------------------ + Page 5 + COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION AND THE BASIC SPEECH COURSE Deirdre C. Donovan San Francisco State University To retrieve this article GET DONOVAN IPCTV3N3 ABSTRACT The use of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) in instruction, particularly in the field of communication, has grown slowly but steadily since its inception a decade ago. This paper reviews extant literature in the field and analyses instructional results reported. This is a "work in process" and the author solicits your comments and suggestions. Page numbers: 32-53 To retrieve this article GET DONOVAN IPCTV3N3 ------------------------- DIGITAL ALCHEMY: CAN CONTENT BE TURNED INTO GOLD? Sheila Dresser, The Baltimore Sun To retrieve this article GET DRESSER IPCTV3N3 ABSTRACT "Dining on Disk" is an electronic presentation of the Baltimore Sun's popular "Dining Out" guide, available on floppy disk. This article is an account of how the project came together. Not every newspaper will want to do something like "Dining on Disk", but the Sun's staff proved that even with limited resources such a project can be accomplished. You just need the right kind of idea and a little ingenuity. Page numbers: 54-63 To retrieve this article GET DRESSER IPCTV3N3 ------------------------- + Page 6 + INVENTING AN ONLINE NEWSPAPER Melinda McAdams Content Developer, Digital Ink Co. To retrieve this article GET MCADAMS IPCTV3N3 ABSTRACT After more than a year's work, The Washington Post's online service, Digital Ink, is ready to launch. This article recounts the debates and decisions that gave it shape. Despite a commitment to the newspaper metaphor, an online service can never perfectly replicate the newspaper. Some things will always be better in the print format, but the electronic medium allows many options that are not possible on paper. Many of the demands on the staff of an online service are very different from those on traditional journalists. A newspaper (and other mass media) carry information in one direction; an online service operates in two directions, and users of an online newspaper expect involvement and responses from the producers. An online newspaper allows articles to remain available for years; it presents large collections of data that would never appear in the print product; it is read on screens instead of pages. In many ways, it is not a newspaper at all. At the same time, it contains most of the same articles as today's paper and can be updated around the clock. All these factors have myriad effects on its form. This article summarizes the discovery of those effects and the ways one online newspaper's staff chose to deal with them. Page numbers: 64-90 To retrieve this article GET MCADAMS IPCTV3N3 ------------------------- + Page 7 + BOOK REVIEW: COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION AND THE ONLINE CLASSROOM. Wendy Snetsinger, Instructional Systems Program The Pennsylvania State University To retrieve this article GET SNETSING IPCTV3N3 ABSTRACT "Computer-mediated Communication and the Online Classroom" (1995, Hampton Press) edited by Zane L. Berge and Mauri P. Collins is a wonderful resource of information, scholarship and practical suggestions. The book is set in three volumes with themes interwoven throughout to form a rich and comprehensive picture of CMC. A general overview and perspective is presented in Volume I, followed by a focus on higher education in Volume II, and distance education in Volume III. Case studies, useful information, references and glossaries are found in each volume. With the shift from teacher-centered instruction where the instructor dispenses the majority of knowledge to the evolving model where the instructor is a facilitator for more active student learning, new and effective strategies are needed. A common thread throughout the books is the importance of good instructional design in planning to integrate CMC into courses to optimize success for both teacher and student. Page numbers: 91-95 To retrieve this article GET SNETSING IPCTV3N3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- + Page 8 + 4. Editorial Board PUBLISHER: Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computing Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. EDITOR: SUSAN BARNES, EDITORIAL BOARD: Zane L. Berge, Ph.D. Director, Training Systems, ISD Graduate Program University of Maryland, Baltimore County Gerald M. Santoro, Ph.D. Center for Academic Computing, Pennsylvania State University MANAGING EDITOR: Mauri p. Collins, MA Instructional Systems Program The Pennsylvania State University ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Susan Barnes, Manhattan Marymount College. Communication Manuel Bermudez, University of Florida Computer & Information Sciences Thomas Berner, The Pennsylvania State University. Journalism & American Studies + Page 9 + Morton Cotlar, University of Hawaii Management Paulo DaSilva, Military Institute of Computer Science Engineering, Sao Paulo, BR. Gordon Dixon, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Institute of Advanced Studies William Eadie, Speech Communication Association Associate Director Jill Ellsworth, Oak Ridge Research, San Marcos, TX. Senior Partner Theodore S. Hopf, Washington State University Communication Alice Horning, Oakland University English and Rhetoric Vladimir Klonowski, World Open University & Canadian Consulting and Tutoring Services, Halifax, NS, Canada Donald Kraft, Louisiana State University Computer Science Scott Kuehn, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Communication Edward Mabry, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Communication + Page 10 + Cecelia Manrique, University of Wisconsin, Lacross, WI Political Science Mary McGraw, Information Services, Shands Hospital at Customer Support Analyst the University of Florida Rory McGreal, TeleEducation New Brunswick, Canada Executive Director Rob McKenzie, East Stroudsburg State University of Broadcasting Pennsylvania Anne Okerson, Association of Research Libraries. Scientific & Academic Publishing David Schroeder, Valparaiso University Business Administration Katy Silberger, Marist College Library David Sims, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada Veterinary Medicine Wendy Snetsinger, The Pennsylvania State University. Instructional Systems Janet Valade, California State University, Los Angeles Academic Technology John Wooten Oak Ridge National Laboratory Educational Technology + Page 11 + Amy Zelmer Central Queensland University, Australia Health Science -------------------------------------------- 5. Copyright Statement ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century Copyright 1995 Georgetown University. Copyright of individual articles in this publication is retained by the individual authors. Copyright of the compilation as a whole is held by Georgetown University. 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