Journalism in crisis
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Competition from online substitutes
- Publishers face strong competition from technologically advanced social media platforms and portal sites.
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Erosion of journalistic principles
- As publishers struggle to make ends meet, fact-checking and investigative journalism are shunned in favour of producing more content in less time.
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Clickbait and misinformation
- The prevalence of clickbait news, compounded by the lack of fact-checking, has resulted in lower levels of trust and engagement.
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Newspaper closures
- Increased competition and lower levels of engagement have resulted in declining newspaper revenues and newspaper closures.
