The paperless paper : passing fancy or potent possibility? : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

This discussion of the presence of newspapers on the World Wide Web serves two purposes. First, this paper serves as a snapshot of what newspapers are doing with web technology in early 1997, with glimpses of each area of newspaper business as it deals with the web: advertising, classifieds, circulation and editorial. While not intended to be an all-encompassing look at what every newspaper business in the country is doing with the web, this is a look at what the major opinions are as of April 1997. Second, this paper takes a unique look at what newspapers in Indiana are doing with the web. While the purpose of taking a look at Indiana newspapers was to find a regional angle on a national topic, the newspaper industry in Indiana does provide a good cross-section of large, medium and small newspaper publishing companies, and could very well serve as a barometer of the popularity of web technology in Mid-America.