Converting Science News for the Web

Introduction

The Internet has emerged as an important source of news and information for the consumer over the last decade. Traditional broadcast media have been forced to find new ways to compete with the explosion of information available through the World Wide Web. For many newspapers and magazines, this has meant creating a website that complements or mirrors their print product. With the increased public interest in science and technology (Ankney et al. 2001), this has been a special challenge for publications focusing on science news.

Two popular print magazines that also offer online versions, New Scientist and Science News, are prime examples of the ways in which print science media has adapted for the web. An analysis of these sites using information from literature on hypertext theory and writing for the web suggest that this adaptation has been largely successful.

Abstract, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Works Cited

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