media power in order to
increase their economic profits and political influence.
1997-1998 The Asian financial crisis
; It brings financial difficulties of media companies.
; Journalists in need regarded the spread of theInternet as a chance to get out of financial difficulties.
Media innovation toward citizen journalism
Who were the leading agents of the “new” democratic
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⑶ The Structure of OhmyNews
- Headquarter of News Guerrilla: similar with editorial bureau in traditional newspapers
- International Bureau: for foreign readers
- Service Bureau: in charge of managing and development web-service system for internetmedia
- Planning and Evaluation Office: in charge of business administration and sales management
the other hand, Web2.0 derived from web1.0 become a complete platform offering a web based application. This Term is popularized at 'O'Reilly Media' since 2003. The promoter of this concept predicts that web2.0 alternates with the desktop computer application ultimately. The features arranged by John Battelle at the first web2.0 conference of web2.0 are as follows:
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independent variable. Next up is theoretical definition of each variable. Webtoon is compound word, which is formed from ‘Web’ and ‘Cartoon’. It means comics posted online. In this paper, we are going to use the official name ‘Online cartoon’. Smartphone combines the functions of a personal digital assistant with a mobile phone. It also has the functionality of portable media players,
I. Introduction: Why we chose this topic and our hypothesis
With advance of technology, theinternet is being used for various purposes – to express ideas, to meet new people, to share new information, and also for pure entertainment. All the different forms of social media sites create a social platform where people from all around the world can interact freely. With social media, the wor