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Commentary – Print vs. Online -The ways in which old-fashioned newspapers still trump online newspapers

by Sabrina I. Pacifici on Aug 19, 2011

The ways in which old-fashioned newspapers still trump online newspapers, by Jack Shafer

“My anecdotal findings about print’s superiority were seconded earlier this month by an academic study presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The paper, Medium Matters: Newsreaders’ Recall and Engagement With Online and Print Newspapers, by Arthur D. Santana, Randall Livingstone, and Yoon Cho of the University of Oregon, pit a group of readers of the print edition of the New York Times against Web-Times readers. Each group was given 20 minutes reading time and asked to complete a short survey. The researchers found that the print folks “remember significantly more news stories than online news readers”; that print readers “remembered significantly more topics than online newsreaders”; and that print readers remembered “more main points of news stories.” When it came to recalling headlines, print and online readers finished in a draw.”

BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary

by Sabrina I. Pacifici on Aug 19, 2011

Jobless rates up in 28 states, down in 9 in July; payroll jobs up in 31 states, down in 19: “Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in July. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia registered unemployment rate increases, nine states recorded rate decreases, and thirteen states had no rate change, the… Continue Reading

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