1st International Seminar on On-Line Journalism
By: Prima Página & Instituto de Mídia e Artes
Sponsored by: Abracom - Brazilian Association of Communication Agencies
Date: 2006
Place: to be defined
Profile of the Project
The objective of the seminar is to discuss the present and the future of journalism on the Internet based on the changes in information,
leisure and consumption habits resulting from the rapid growth of the worldwide network of computers and digital media over the past years.
The facts:
- In November 2004, Brazilians exceed 14 monthly hours of Internet use. Source: Ibope/Netratings
- Brazil currently has 18 million Internet users. Source: EFE - 1/5/2005
- The number of active residential Internet users grows 3.5% and reaches 11 million users in February 2005, compared to 10.7 million the year before. Source: Ibope/Netratings
- Among the users with graduate degrees, 44.5% use broadband connections.
- 36.6% of all Brazilians connected to the Internet, or 4.4 million people, use the broadband connection. Source: Ibope/Netratings.
- China has 79.5 million Internet users, second only to the USA. According to a study carried out by the Shangai Research Co. Ltda company, the Internet business has yet to reach its peak in the country.
Target Public
- Journalists
- Advertising people
- Educators and Institutions of Learning
- Communications Professionals
- Public Relations
- Students in the communications areas
- Technology managers and developers
- Content producers
- Professionals in the government sector
Topics for Discussion
- Current picture in Brazil and the world
- Future, new technologies, where it is heading
- Production and transmission technologies
- Professional market, work relations, lacks: what changes in the professional's profile
- Sector challenges and opportunities
- Impact in large journalistic coverages
- What changed and what will never change
- How to make on-line and off-line vehicles feasible with this new scenario
- How the private and public sectors are using the Internet
- The role of institutions of learning in the digital revolution
- The most polemic issues concerning property rights
- Impact on the company x press x university relationship
- How the reader is distributing his time with the various information alternatives
