COP Essay Newspapers or Magazines

My question for my COP essay is going to be:

'With the high impact of new media and the internet, what is publication today?' 

Within my essay I am going to discuss new media and the effects it is having on publishing, and whether the internet is really killing publishing. Following my tutorial with Richard I need to decide whether I want to discuss newspapers or magazines publishing within my essay, with this I will need one study/example where a newspaper or magazine has turned digital for better or worse.


Possible discussions for newspapers and new media:

- a physical piece of news
- the power of news
- globalisation
- what is news?
- news and it's values 
- what gets selected for newspapers
- news updates (the use of apps)
- tone of voice within newspapers
- news and the internet
- how news is now more accessible
- news is everywhere
- will people actually buy newspapers in the future?


Possible discussions for magazines and new media:

- the competitive magazine industry
- magazines are flourishing both digitally and printed
- something physical and collectable
- lifestyle
- gender roles
- consumerism
- subscriptions
- the news trade
- self online publishing websites (issuu)

My essay could almost form an argument of whether there is a need for newspapers/ magazines anymore. When thinking of which one I would like to discuss in further detail I also need to think about the practical element of my COP project. I am thinking of maybe turning something published purely digital into something printed or possibly the other way around.  At the moment I think I want to discuss magazines in further detail as I am more interested in the magazine industry. 

COP Essay Plan Tutorial

Following writing my essay plan and having a new question I had a tutorial with Richard, this was very useful and it has made me think about my essay in greater detail. Here is some of the advice that I am going to take onboard. 

- an analysis of an existing publication thats made a change
- look at stat's and figures within subscription 
- discuss generations (how the older generation may prefer a newspaper but the younger may have apps) 
- choose either newspapers or magazines to analysis in greater detail 
- look at the semiotics of newspapers
- the relationship of the reader
- apply to one example and reading

this was a very beneficial tutorial and I am now looking forward to moving on with my essay, I am going to think about whether I want to analyse newspapers or magazines and find one example where a publication has been transferred to new media. 

COP Essay Plan

I have re worded my question to 'with the high impact of digitalisation and the internet, what is publication today?' within my essay I would like to discuss whether technology and new media is changing the way we publish. Below is my essay plan, I have found out just how much I can write about, I would like to split my essay up into four sections, history, newspapers, magazines and new media.