Why have newspaper subscribers become a minority？ The fundamental problem with newspapers is that they are flooding the market with “emotional articles” in order to survive．
Why have newspaper subscribers fallen into the minority? The fundamental problem of newspapers flooding the newspapers with “emotional articles” in order to survive “Did newspapers really hate being rejected so much?” | president online president online 2024/08/30 16:00 Ryosuke Nishida, Professor, Faculty of Crisis Management, Nihon University / Specially Appointed Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology Satoshi Osawa, Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature, Kinki University In March of this year, an article by sociologist Ryosuke Nishida titled “Do we need those ’emotional articles’?” sparked controversy. The background to writing the book was a concern that “recent newspaper articles seem to give too much priority to stories that appeal to personal emotions, and to a neglect of presenting evidence and analyzing data.” We talked with Osawa Satoshi, who wrote the response article, about the problems facing newspapers. Related articles Will Asahi Shimbun also drop out of the “national newspapers” list? The harsh reality of Kyushu and Shizuoka, the place where the president has a connection, discontinuing their evening editions Contents 1. Are they prioritizing episodes that appeal to personal emotions too much? 2. “What’s wrong with emotional articles?” Critical comments from within Asahi 3. Criticisms were not received as criticism 4. “They just want to earn derivative views” 5. They should be discussing this in a more open place… 6. Fewer than half of households read newspapers 7. The golden age when the “intellectual middle class” supported newspaper purchases 8. Why did people in the past buy “encyclopedias they don’t even read”? 9. The role of media like Asahi Shimbun, which has survived for over 100 years 10. Concerns about image politics at the root of the “Ishimaru phenomenon” 11. What the media was pushing at the same time as universal suffrage 12. Young people are increasingly communicating through photos and videos 13. Newspapers are turning everything into “essay words” 14. A turning point on which direction speech in general will go 15. The limits of “increasing sales = increasing pageviews” 16. Abema increases sales through online sales of bicycle and boat racing 17. Nikkei Digital Edition is a global example of newspaper DX success 18. How to create a collective and systematic media route 19. Japanese people are on the verge of letting go of language as communication 20. If McLuhan saw the current media environment… Aren’t we prioritizing episodes that appeal to personal emotions too much? [Osawa] Nishida’s article “Do you need that ’emotional article’?”, which was contributed to the Asahi Shimbun Digital website “re:ron”, caused a great stir. I too could not help but respond from a historical perspective, writing an editorial in the July issue of the monthly magazine Voice titled, “Journalism becoming a ’small newspaper’ again.” Could you tell us about the background of the article? [Nishida] That article was written based on a concern that I had originally had. He feels that recent newspaper articles have given too much priority to stories that appeal to personal emotions, and have neglected to present evidence and analyze data. He has said similar things before, for example, in a roundtable discussion held in the summer of 2023 by the Mainichi Shimbun’s Open Newspaper Committee, of which he is a member, he said, “I feel uncomfortable with articles that are based on anecdotes. It seems to be popular, but the world has become so complex that this episode is just one example, so I wonder how much meaning or reason there is to reading it.” In the Asahi article, they described this tendency to be “episode-centered” and “emphasize narrative” as “emo (sentimental)” and included it in the title, which elicited an enormous response and reaction. [Osawa] The fact that a catchy headline is the driving force behind its spread is very typical of the social media era. “What’s wrong with emotional articles?” Critical comments from within Asahi [Nishida] This article sparked debate on the Asahi Shimbun Digital platform. There is a feature called “Comment Plus” that is available to paid members, where external experts, Asahi Shimbun reporters, editorial writers, etc. can add comments to articles, which readers can read. There have been many mixed comments posted here. While there were many positive comments from outside the company, such as “I thought the same,” most of the comments from within Asahi were critical, such as “What’s wrong with an emotional article?” Strangely. I was left with the strong impression that this was a gathering of people who liked the place. (Omitted) *See source for full text.
>>1 Speaking of emotional articles, there are a lot of articles written about how easy it is to live on welfare But when you read them, they’re definitely being extravagant in vain lol, and the person who wrote them has a weird sense of style lol.
I subscribe to a newspaper because I want the ads for the local supermarket, but it’s a waste. I wonder if there’s a place that will just deliver the ads.
>>4 You can do it on a computer or app, but it’s a pain. I don’t have to go to the store every time. When I get it in paper form, I end up buying it by chance. I guess this is how drugstores put discount coupons in.
Newspapers and television have lost credibility, and we live in an age where most information can be covered by a single smartphone, but it’s hard for idiots to understand this.
Who can pay 5,000 yen a month to a company that not only can’t write the truth or facts, but also fabricates articles and helps encourage neighboring countries to attack Japan? Newspapers have been the enemy of the people since before the war.
It’s true that Asahi’s evening edition is annoying because it puts its own reporting on the front page, whereas Nikkei’s evening edition has a sprinkling of regular news on the front page.
It’s mainly on the internet, but when you open an article and use the name of a famous actress in the title, the image that pops up is of an old man. Should we stop that? I don’t like people who can’t tell the difference between right and wrong.
Personally, I think the Asahi Shimbun has fallen to the bottom when it was revealed that they were writing articles full of lies. The newspaper industry is evading the 10% consumption tax and still doing whatever they want.
I guess more and more people are starting to think that online news sites are enough instead of newspapers. Idiots who are against newspapers themselves should think about what the majority of the sources on this board are based on lol.
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