W8. Task 3. Criticism No. 5 Newspaper (cont.)

Whilst in general the site does practice what it is preaching, it has an almost overwhelming amount of hyperlinks taking you to different places, not all of which are even vaguely related to the article. I believe that this represents the way in which our needs from the news are changing: a shift from picking up the newspaper and physically reading it, to a restructure of this format, getting all of our news online and tailoring it to our specific needs, interests and daily routine. Sharing is also encouraged with the ability to bookmark and share on other networking sites. In this way it does practice what it preaches for the digital natives.

However, for the digital immigrants I would think that perhaps it is a bit too over complicated. Initially it seems quite complicated and difficult to use, in that the actual article is surrounded by advertisements, as well as hundreds of other hyperlinks which are organized quite sporadically. In this way it is itself a representation of the different ways in which digital immigrants and digital natives take in information and changes in the way information is presented as a result of this. Whilst a native might read it for a bit, and then move on to a different hyperlink, taking in information quickly until something else which took their interest came along, an immigrant might want to read it through in its entirely, read through all the hyperlinks, and then decide where they want to head off next.

URL: 5. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article683193.ece