![]() ![]() The study also investigated the impact of the internet on the delivery and gathering of news. ![]() The aim of this study was to investigate the level of use, scope and impact of the internet on journalism in Zambia and to help gain a knowledge base on the available internet facilities for journalists, the available skills and the significant achievements and challenges brought by the internet on the practice of journalism in Zambia. The impact that the internet has had on the practice of journalism also remained unknown. Despite acknowledging the importance of the internet as a mass medium, it is doubtful that media houses in Zambia have fully developed their capacities in this new arena of mass communication. ![]() Collectively, these technologies are part of the emerging area of ‘new media’, of which the internet is considered a key component and is thus recognised as an essential mass medium based on its distinctive technology, manner of use, range of content and services, and its distinct own image, (McQuail, 2005: 28). The field of Mass Communication has seen a growing use of new technologies that include news websites, weblogs, mobile news alerts and applications among others, mostly over the internet. ![]()
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