Wednesday, November 7, 2007

A mini thesis

So for the final project in my multimedia class, I am hypothesising that multimedia journalism and web publications serve the needs of higher-income groups, but lower-income groups will (always?) be better served by print publications, specifically free, and community specialized print publications.

The idea is that because low-income families have less access to computers (according to census data here, while overall 62% have computers, only 30% of those who make under $25,000 have access )

I am planning to get most of my research materials from Census data and watchdog groups, but I am also planning to do interviews with at least one from each of the following groups: small community print publications, web-based publication, large web and print-based publication.

If you have any suggestions or ideas, let me know!

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