Tuesday, September 15, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Web yields evolution of news businesses
Internet provides unlimited access to raw information
By Chad Bottos Kanson staff writer
Sex. Lies. Politics
These words are not the plot of a recent novel. They are the words found all over the Internet right now brought to you by respected news sources across the country.
John Broholm, associate professor of journalism, said the public could expect more of this unfiltered, raw information in the years to come.
Gordon Fitch, professor of business administration and director of technology for the School of Business, said the Internet had become a powerful force in America, changing the way the public gets its news, conducts education and does business.
Broholm said the Internet had not been so
Traditionally, news was reported in edited form as seen through the eyes of a reporter. It also was difficult for news outlets to provide information on-demand to the public.
much of a revolution as it had been an evolution of the news business.
The Internet has helped evolve news into what it is today, Broholm said. News can be pulled up in raw form, as in the case of Independent Prosecutor Kenneth Starr's report about President Bill Clinton.
"It's a revolutionary step ahead in the ease of access, amount and speed of obtaining information."
Government sources and news companies previously had much more control over the content and interpretation of news, he said.
sources have adapted by creating an Internet presence.
Education also has been changed by the Internet, said Broholm and Fitch.
People also can access the information they want on the Internet when they want it rather than waiting for television news or a daily paper.
"To be seen as being at the forefront of education, you have to be online." Broholm said.
Newspapers, television news and other news forms remain viable. The Internet simply augments these sources. Brotholm said.
The Internet has impacted research and distance learning especially, he said.
Fitch said traditional media
Research can be done more quickly by students who have massive amounts of information at their fingertips via the internet. Broholm said the challenge was for students and educators to discern credible sources from advocacy sources.
Rural areas can provide advanced courses or foreign languages using the Internet for distance learning. Students in rural schools may not be able to take these courses locally.
Gordon Fitch Business administration professor
Broholm said
Broholm said. Fitch said the University was taking advantage of the Internet for distance learning. He is teaching a telecommunications management class that includes a student from Los Angeles.
Fitch said the format had worked well this semester and in the past. Last semester, a student from Buffalo, N.Y., took the class.
Video cassettes still are used for the lecture portion of the class, but students post their assignments and participate in discussions on the Internet.
"It's a revolutionary step ahead in the ease of access, amount and speed of obtaining information," Fitch said.
There are even "virtual" businesses, Fitch said. These are companies whose primary source of customers is from the Internet. They do not maintain offices open to the public.
Fitch said business had a lot of attention to the Internet. He said almost every major corporation in the country had a Web site for public access, with the primary use being marketing.
"Businesses are increasingly substituting bits for atoms." Fitch said.
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Derek Hogan, owner of the Java Break, pauses from his duties to write an email on one of the cafe's computers. The coffee house, 17 E. Seventh St., recently became Lawrence's first cybercafe by offering e-mail and web access to its customers. Photo by Matt Daugherty/KANSAN
Coffee shop offers service to surfers
The Java Break allows customers Internet accessibility
By Chris Fickott Kansan staff writer
Lawrence's first cybercafe is up and running.
The Java Break, 17 E. Seventh St., has operated four years as a cafe, but now customers can surf the Internet in addition to enjoying food and drink.
Three weeks ago. The Java
could not access their e-mail accounts from sites other than their home computer used web-based e-mail Internet sites such as Hotmail or Rocketmail.
Three weeks Break hooked up two Macintosh computers for their customers to rent. Computer usage costs 10 cents per minute or $6 per hour.
"It's a great way for people who don't have accounts on servers to check their e-mail," he said.
"I have three or four friends who are on extended vacations overseas, and they use the sites to see where they can go to check their e-mail," he said.
Hogan said there were listings of cybercafes across the world on certain Internet sites.
Derek Hogan.
"We had a business traveler use the computer for three hours the other day."
Derek Hogan.
The Java Break owner, said he hoped to attract business and pleasure travelers, as well as students, to his cvercafe.
"We had a business traveler use the computer for three hours the other day," he said.
"Checking e-mail is a big thing," she said.
Cynthia Davis, The Java Break employee, said KU students who do not own computers used the cybercafe to type papers but that most customers viewed their e-mail.
Hogan said travelers who
Derek Hogan
Hogan said he would be posting The Java Break on some of the cybercafe lists.
Java Break owner
Hogan also is working on The Java Break Internet site that would feature online ordering of The Java Break products, a list of other cybercafes and a live web camera.
Grady Proctor, The Java Break employee and Holton junior, returned to work at the cafe two weeks ago. He said the computers were a welcome addition.
"It's convenient," he said. "I really don't like going to Watson to use the Internet."
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