in Journalism and Mass Communication
Wireless analyst J. Gerry Purdy writes that the advent of digital tablets will bring about the death of the print newspaper industry “in our lifetimes”:
“Make no mistake here: digital publishing, primarily through tablets, is going to sweep through the entire publishing industry. There’s no going back as in, ‘Oh, we tried digital publishing on tablets and it didn’t work out. We’re going back into print publishing. It was all just a fad.’ That is never going to happen.”
Queens University of Charlotte becomes digital literacy pioneer with $5.75 million in support from Knight Foundation; School of Communication to be named for James L. Knight.
By Michael Bugeja
Earlier this month, the chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Phil DiStefano, announced his institution would explore discontinuation of the journalism school, noting that a committee has been formed to consider how to organize a new “information, communication and technology program.” [Read more...]
