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Aug 10, 2006
Todd Zeigler
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A Call for Newspaper Research

BlogeWe've been happily surprised by the response to our recent newspaper study.  The most exciting part has been the additional research that other bloggers have performed in their home countries.  So far, sister studies have been performed in Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.  The response is an example of all that is great about the Internet.

Given the response, we'd like to formally ask bloggers to perform studies in their home countries.  Note we're working on Japan now.  If you perform a study, please post the results to your blog.  We'll write a post about the results in your country and then, once we reach critical mass, we'll put together a global study that seeks to identify global trends.  We'll also post a running list of the countries we have studies for on our blog.  Thanks in advance for your help and participation!

Details regarding what criteria we looked at are after the jump.

  • RSS Feed: Does the website offer an RSS Feed? If yes, is it a full or partial feed? Note that this does not consider RSS feeds for reporter blogs, only for the newspaper's content.
  • RSS Feed for Different Sections: If the website offers RSS, does it divide the feeds into different sections?
  • RSS Feed Includes Ads: If the website offers RSS, do the feeds include ads?
  • Most Popular: Does the website offer a "Most Popular" function? This can be any feature that keeps track of and displays the "most popular", "most read", or "most emailed" articles of the day.
  • Video: Does the website offer video content?
  • Podcast: Does the website offer podcasts?
  • Chats: Does the website offer live chats or chatrooms?
  • Reporter Blogs: Does the website offer reporter blogs?
  • Reporter Blog Comments: If the website has reporter blogs, can readers comment on the blogs?
  • Blogroll: If the website has reporter blogs, do the blogs contain links to external blogs?
  • Comments on Articles: Can users post comments on articles?
  • Registration Required: Is registration required to view articles?
  • Bookmarking: Does the website offer a bookmarking function? Is it internal or external?
  • Message Boards: Does the website offer message boards or forums?
  • http://www.conversationblog.com Philippe Borremans

    Hi, I would love to do the study for Belgium… Anyone of my country fellows started this already ? Let me know. If not, I’ll get with it right away. Thanks.

  • http://www.conversationblog.com Philippe Borremans

    Hi, I would love to do the study for Belgium… Anyone of my country fellows started this already ? Let me know. If not, I’ll get with it right away. Thanks.

  • http://www.bivingsgroup.com Todd Zeigler

    We have not heard of anyone doing a study in Belgium yet.  It would be a great addition.Thanks,Todd

  • http://www.bivingsgroup.com Todd Zeigler

    We have not heard of anyone doing a study in Belgium yet.  It would be a great addition.Thanks,Todd

  • http://www.conversationblog.com Philippe Borremans

    Hi Todd,Set up a public wiki (http://belgianmediaweb2.wetpaint.com) so you guys can follow how we’re doing. I hope I’ll get some help from fellow bloggers in the "Belgosphere"…

  • http://www.conversationblog.com Philippe Borremans

    Hi Todd,Set up a public wiki (http://belgianmediaweb2.wetpaint.com) so you guys can follow how we’re doing. I hope I’ll get some help from fellow bloggers in the "Belgosphere"…

  • http://compolmexico.blogspot.com Armando Rocha

    Is there anybody interested in doing the search in Mexico? I live in Mexico City.

  • http://compolmexico.blogspot.com Armando Rocha

    Is there anybody interested in doing the search in Mexico? I live in Mexico City.

  • Gisella Salmón

    Hi, I would love to do the study for Peru… Anyone of my country wants to help? Im doing my thesis about the impact of digital newspapers. Let me know. Thanks.

  • Gisella Salmón

    Hi, I would love to do the study for Peru… Anyone of my country wants to help? Im doing my thesis about the impact of digital newspapers. Let me know. Thanks.

  • http://www.deunvistazo.es Ignacio Mínguez

    I will like to do the study for Spain

  • http://www.deunvistazo.es Ignacio Mínguez

    I will like to do the study for Spain

  • http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders François Nel

    Todd

    Thanks for the invitation. I’ll take this on for South Africa and will add a category – e-mail newsletters (as per recommendation by David Scott Lewis in comments on the magazine report).

  • http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders François Nel

    Todd

    Thanks for the invitation. I’ll take this on for South Africa and will add a category – e-mail newsletters (as per recommendation by David Scott Lewis in comments on the magazine report).

  • http://forthemedia.blogspot.com Francois Nel

    Just posted finding re analysis of the sites for South Africa’s 19 dailies at:

    http://forthemedia.blogspot.co.....et-by.html .

  • http://forthemedia.blogspot.com Francois Nel

    Just posted finding re analysis of the sites for South Africa’s 19 dailies at:

    http://forthemedia.blogspot.co.....et-by.html .

  • http://www.bivingsreport.com Todd Zeigler

    Thanks so much for completing the study. My colleague Erin wrote an entry about your work, which is linked to below:

    http://www.bivingsreport.com/2.....per-study/

  • http://www.bivingsreport.com Todd Zeigler

    Thanks so much for completing the study. My colleague Erin wrote an entry about your work, which is linked to below:

    http://www.bivingsreport.com/2.....per-study/

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