In the current Internet environment, newspaper companies manage their
own websites to provide not only news but various kinds of information. This
study examined the trend of Japanese newspaper websites, especially focusing
on what information they disseminate, and what technologies they use.
In this study, contents and technologies of one hundred and twenty-three
newspaper websites were analyzed. The sample was divided into three groups
based on circulation size. The results show that news and daily life information
make up the most part of the contents of the websites in general. And while
the websites of the large-sized papers offer as much contents as general portal
sites, those of the medium-sized papers put emphasis on local news and information.
In addition, the small sized-papers’ websites lagged behind the large
and medium in both contents and technologies in this study.
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