Build the wall analysis

Section summary

1) This section talks briefly about the death of journalism and why this is happening.

2) This segment talks about how the public should be paying for news i.e. online news, helping bring revenue.

Conclusion Summary-

Overall the article goes in real depth about the death of journalism and what could be done to help journalism survive through this advanced technology world with internet and tools to access news. The article talks about how online news content need to be put behind a 'pay wall' which then ensures the survival of journalism. It also discusses the way that online content is easily accessible for the public. This means people can easily access exclusive news through the internet i.e the guardian online. This article believes that if a site such as the guardian online places a pay wall in front of the site giving people news but for a paid amount then the journalism will slowly regain its power and survive through todays advancement.

This idea of a pay wall will bring a newspaper industry such as the guardian revenue which will help them distribute a pay to their journalists. This may seem like a good idea because it shows clearly how it may help newspaper businesses regain their position in the news world.

My opinion

Personally,I don't agree with newspapers needing to put online content behind a pay wall, this is because of the new and digital media impact, news can be accessed from anywhere across the world and from different sources regardless of the pay wall. This means the pay wall will not have much of an impact on whether or not people access that news. This means the pay wall will not be able to function effectively because it's purpose to create revenue from the public will not be earned.