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GRAPHIC USAGE IN NEWSPAPERS AND
THEIR INTERNET VERSIONS
SİBEL ONURSOY, Ph.D.
Anadolu University
(Turkey)
Abstract
This study is a content analysis of the usage of textual and visual information taking place
in ten national newspapers and on the homepages of their internet versions. In the stduy,
the dimensions of visual components usage, the number of the news and the frequency of
news connection are going to be analyzed. This study might gain more importance because
it displays the different presentation styles of the newspapers cited on the internet. It has
been observed the newspapers cited in the internet has more textual rather than visual
components. Multi-communication systems and the variety in news connections makes a
new communication medium avaliable with web design. The communication trend, which
used to be one way channel traditionally, has turned to be multi channelled
communication between societies.
GRAPHIC USAGE IN NEWSPAPERS AND
THEIR INTERNET VERSIONS
Introduction
The first time when the newspapers were cited on the internet in Turkey was 1995. The
newspaper called Zaman started to be cited on the internet on 2nd December 1995, and the
other national newspapers followed this new approach in a short time. Also, the number of
the newspapers which are cited on the internet is getting higher constantly.
The increase in the number of the people who use internet is getting higher fast. The number
of the internet users was 99 million in 1998, and it is 170 million in 2002. And for 2003 this
figure is predicted to be 350 million. The number of the internet users throughout the world
were as below according to the study of E-stats in 1999:
Table 1. The number of global Internet user (a:aproximate)
( http://www.tekadres.com..2002)
Years
1998
1999
2000a
2001a
2002a
2003a
People
(Million)
95
131
172
223
282
350
The global growth occurred by the leadership of the USA until the year 2000. Then the
developments in other countries are predicted to be of importance after this year. When the
44 percent of the internet users globally was USA citizens in 1998, it is predicted to decrease
to 35 percent in 2002. The decrease in the number of the American users might show the
increase in the variety of language to be used and the variety in the content to take place on
the internet. (http://www.tekadres.com..2002)
The art of estimating how many are online throughout the world is an inexact one at best.
Surveys abound, using all sorts of measurement parameters. However, from observing many
of the published surveys over the last two years, here is an ʺeducated guessʺ as to how many
are online worldwide as of September 2002. And the number is 605.60 million.
(http://www.nua.com/surveys......2002)
The information about the number of the internet users in Turkey is based on different
sources. When all the data has been analysed it can be seen that the global growth has
reflections in Turkey, furthermore, the rote of the growth in Turkey is seen to be bigger than
global figures. (http://www.tekadres.com...)
Table 2. The number of Internet user in Turkey (http://www.nua.com...2002)
Date
User
Source
December 2001
2.5 million
ITU
May 2000
2 million
IBS Research
May 1997
600,000
Nua Est
The constantly development of internet in the world and Turkey has brought the idea to the
minds that it will have a vital role in the development of national newspapers. While
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thousands of subscribers become a user of internet, new programmes, new management
systems and newspapers will be a part of these developments.
Lıterature Revıew
Online newspapers can be defined as periodical and digital publications which are formed by
a group of eminent editors and observers by forming news, essays articles and analysis
according to certain standarts (Valauskas, 2000).
Many newspapers started to have their electronic versions with poor conditions. The
magazine Aktüel (19th July 1995) and the newspaper called Zaman (2nd December 1995)
started to cite their publication on the internet for the first time in Turkey. Then many other
national newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations follow this new approach and
had their place in the internet world. In Turkey, the national newspapers are generally
publishing the news. (Günay, 2002)
In western countries the interactive cites created by individuals are more effective, whereas,
in Turkey the web cites created by individuals are not so effective as well-known national
newspapers in the virtual media. The online newspapers can be read by a lot of people
having internet connection in their homes just for the fee of telephone connection. For
example, it is not easy for a reader to buy all the newspapers daily, but it is possible for him
to read many of them daily depending on the speed of the modem.
Online newspapers can ba read by the internet users throughout the world. There is no
difference for the publisher for the cost whether the audience is a thousand people or a
million. Unlike published newspapers, online newspapers does not require usage of vast
amount of papers and ink; or expensive publishing machines and plenty of money. For the
readers’ internet is generally thought to be a beneficial technology despite having
disadvantages such as being information overloading and information pollution. On the
contrary, for the journalists it brings the risk of losing the readers unless some precoutions are
taken.
In online journalism the readers can communicate with journalists ınteractively. They can
react spontaneously. Considering the decrease in the number of users, it is predictable to say
that internet has a vital importance for journalism as the other disciplines. It can be said that
the Turkish newspapers, of which circulations go between a hundred thousand and five
hundred thousand, can’t maintain their circulation level. Considering the insufficency with
the substructure of computerizing in Turkey, the circulation of online newspapers give
fluctuating numbers. There is a gap between the daily hit number and the number of visitors
of the homepage. While some readers click for the same newspaper once regularly, the others
prefer to navigate through the pages and all the texts. Therefore, for the companies which
advertise on online newspapers the favourite newspaper changes in different days and weeks
(Günay, 2002).
Also, the internet supplies the reader with a colorful medium. Nows sites, Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML) and the other computer effects are used and the news with textual and
visual components (graphics, photographs, news and ads’ screening) are screened.
Ackerman and Simonaitis state that the online publishing has more oppurtunities than
traditional one. In online publishings:
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It is possible to add sound and animated effects besides texts and pictures.
The reader can be guided by graphics and pictures.
International interaction is possible
Information delivery is faster
Other electronic information can be reached with interconnections on the web
Easiness and enrichment in researches can be supplied
Different dimensions have been presented to the reader
The editors has a chance to have discussion via mails (Ackerman and Simonaetes,
1999)
The problem related to press and cost caused by two dimensionality of traditional
newspaper is a matter in the past now. (Giussani, 1999)
Online publishing has also a series of pitfalls.
The traditional newspaper have fixed and unchangeable look for different readers. On the
contrary, online publishing gives different look to the different readers because they have
different computers and screens. Also, there are some difficulties caused by the obligation to
use pagedown tool, to limit and reduce the pictures’ size and the difficulties with connection
might occur (Ackerman and Simoneitis, 1999). For the newspapers and journalists an
orientation process is required to get used to use this new technology and reach the news via
internet.
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There are two types of online reader, one type only navigates while the other one
researches.
National news is not bounded to national media.
With the internet, the target audience of the news cities is larger.
Many things which don’t fit in traditional news definition can be given in detail (e.g.
news predictions etc.) (Mc Adams, Driving A Newspaper……..)
In the ınternet newspapers, there is no limitation for the number of pages as it is in
traditional ones.
Multimedia communication tools makes it possible to communicate synchronously
whereas it is not possible in traditional mass communication models.
It makes it possible to make the old issues available via archives.
In printed publishings, turning the pages is not a component of desingning process, but
in online publishings, the visual animation of the links which the reader might select is
the vital components. (Nielsen, Differences Between….)
As Meyer states, in online publishings the readers’ are not only given choices to read but also
supplied with icons instead of letters, photographs instead of words and texts and pictures all
of which form on effective presentation. (Meyer, Networking...)
The different approaches brought by the internet make changes not only in the readers’ but
also the journalists’ perspectives. In this study, the homepages and the firzt pages of the
national newspapers and their internet versions have been observed, and we have observed
to what extend they are supplemented by visual components we also have found out the size
of the visual components, the number of the news given in the frontpage and homepage, how
often news links were formed and all of these features effects on the newspapers and on their
internet versions.
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This study aims at finding out the style of news presantation on the frontpage and
homepages of the national newspapers and in their internet versions. The study also finds out
the usage of the graphics and how they are given on the internet versions. The sub-aim is
specifying the visual effects qualitatively and quantatively while reflecting them on the
internet versions of the newspapers.
This study is of importance because the internet newspapers, which are vitally important
communication tools for being cheap and fast, form a new communication environment and
create different presentation styles. As Fialova states it possible to assess with in a criteria.
The first bends of the criteria are formed by “desing-visual attractiveness”, originality and
being esthetic. This study might also be important because the visual components create a
difference in making the content more meaningful and they help the users get the
information in an effective way.
In this study, ten daily newspapers’ frontpages and their internet versions’ homepages on
that day, the news links and the usage of graphics in two steps have been analyzed. In the
first step the photographs, graphics and the news links of the printed newspapers were
analyzed, in the second step the photographs, graphics and the news links of the internet
versions of the printed materials of the same day were analyzed. This study was directed
according the hypothesis below:
1. Although for the national newspapers the computer screen forms a good platform to screen
the graphics visually, they tend to supply more textual information rather than visual
information.
Online newspapers are presented via a new and different technology. Although this
technology makes it possible to use many visual components, the variety of the use of visual
components in printed newspapers is not reflected on the online versions.
2. On the homepages of the internet newspapers the eye-catching graphics are given in smaller
sizes when they are compared with the printed ones.
The aim of attracting the readers by visual components given on the frontpages of the
newspapers is also done on internet versions. These components might be photograph, title,
even colours, and they are bigger than the other components to attractive reader. These
components generally form a graphic combination which supplies an interactive connection
when clicked on certain area. (Dunicci and Guidice, 1998, s. 126). In printed versions the
graphics give the exact meaning of the textual information whereas on internet newspapers
the graphics are not as successful. On online news sites texts and titles are generally more
catching than graphics. (Nielsen, Eyetracking Study...)
3. On the internet versions of the national newspapers less photograph and graphics are used.
Some newspapers don’t use any photographs and graphics in their online versions, and some
others place less photographs and graphics. The online pages full of unnecessary stuff and
big photographs require much time to access and they might make the readers lose interest.
(Nielsen, Differences Between Print Design ...)
4. The news links with a few steps which make the readers reach the details, might take the out
of the news itself and make it difficult to turn to the original news for the readers.
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In internet publishing, the intensity of information, the variety in the content and the
guidence through links might make the reader lose interest.
Method
This study has been formed with content analysis. The frontpages and homepages of 10
national newspapers and their internet versions have been analyzed. The newspapers are:
Radikal, Hürriyet, Milliyet, Sabah, Güneş, Yeniçağ, Yeni Şafak, Türkiye, Zaman and Akşam.
The research has been done for all the newspapers in 10 days in September and October.
Everyday the newspapers’ photographs, graphics and news links were analyzed. The
analyzed graphics components are visual elements of information, objects and topics. For the
links the frontpages of the printed newspapers and homepages of the internet versions have
been analyzed. The photographs have been assessed according to their numbers and size.
In the traditional newspapers a format which reflects the newspapers’ physical identy was
used everday. In the internet versions of the analyzed 10 newspapers the page design was in
the same way. During the study process no change was observed on the online newspapers.
The stability in the page designs of the newspapers made the research run smoothly.
The national newspapers were collected for ten days except the weekends, and they were
analyzed in respect to the number of the news on the frontpage, the number of the news’
links, the news with graphics, the size size of the photographs and graphics. The numbers
were coded on a table. On the same day the internet versions of the newspapers were
analyzed for the same elements on the homepage. Their numbers were also coded, too. These
figures formed one day’s publishing analysis. Advertisement photographs and graphics were
not included. All the photographs and graphics were related to the textual information and
content. For the news links headlines with hyperlinks or word combinations (informing the
reader directly via clicking) were analyzed.
The photographs and graphics on the web pages were measured according to the pixel area.
The total area of the photographs and graphics was divided into the number of them, and the
average was gotten (50 %). The dimensions above 67 % were seen as big, the ones between
66%-34% were medium, and the others below 33% were seen as small in the category. (12065
pixel was equal to the area 50%. According to this, the photographs with 8043 pixel were
small 34%, the ones with 8043-16087 pixel were medium (34%-66%), and the other above
16087 pixel were regarded as big photographs.) the same process was run for the printed
newspapers by dividing the total photographs and graphics area into the number of them.
The ones above 64% were regarded as big, the ones between 66%-34% were medium and the
others below 33% were small. (The area of 50% was about 42 cm2. According to this, the ones
smaller than 30 cm2 were small, the other category between 30-60 cm2 was medium, and the
ones larger than 60 cm2 were big.), (Li, 1998, 358).
The coding process was done in two steps. A pre-test was done initially. The frontpages of the
newspapers and their internet versions were analyzed for three days.
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Findings
With the lights of the analysis it can be said that the ten newspapers have different tendencies
to use different size of photographs. The choice of Zaman was consistent, clear and simple.
The newspaper used the same numbers and sizes in printed and online versions consistently.
Tablo 3. The number of news and the number of news with photograph
in printed newspaper frontpage
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In printed newspapers the number of the news on the frontpage for 10 days was 989. The
average number per a newspaper was 10. Radikal included more news than the others.
Türkiye and Akşam followed it. Zaman had the same number of news everday. (Table 3). It
was also consistent in the page design, too. In the other newspapers the number of the news
was changeable.
The number of the news with photographs was 573 for ten days, so the average number of the
news with photographs per day for a newspaper was 6.
According to the data which was taken in ten day research the 43% of Milliyet, 41% of Akşam
and Güneş, 38% of Hürriyet, Sabah and Yeniçağ, 35% of Türkiye, 34% of Yeni Şafak, 31% of
Zaman, and 25% of Rudikal news was presented with photographs. According to these
figures, the average number of the news presented with photographs in ten national
newspapers was 36%.
In the research while analyzing the internet newspapers’ homepages only the news with texts
was taken. The total number of the news on the internet newspapers for ten days was 831.
The average number of the news on printed newspapers per day was 10 whereas, the average
number of the news on internet newspapers was 8. According to this data it can be said that
the news taking place en printed newspapers is not copied exactly to the online versions.
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Milliyet gives the highest number of news with texts on it internet versions. Zaman, Radikal,
Akşam, Türkiye, and the other followed it (Table 4).
Table 4. The Number of the news on the homepages of the ınternet newspapers and the
number of the news with photographs.
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On the online newspapers the total number of the news with photographs in ten days was
439. So, the average number of the news with photographs on internet newspapers was 4 for
a newspaper.
According to the data which was taken in ten day-research the news is presented with
photographs on the internet newspapers with the rate of 23%.
Milliyet gives all the news with photographs in the internet versions. Yeni Şafak gives 45% of
it, Yeniçağ 42%, Zaman 30%, Radikal 27%, Sabah 14%, Hürriyet 13%, and Akşam gives 10% of
it with photographs.
The rate of the news with photographs in printed newspapers 36%, whereas, it is going down
to 23% in internet versions. Thus, as a result of the data taken by the research carried in ten
days with ten national newspapers the hypothesis is supported to be true. The hypothesis has
stated that: Although for the national newspapers the computer screen forms a good platform
to screen the graphics visually, they tend to supply more textual information rather than
visual information. In the samples taken it can be observed that Türkiye and Güneş placed
the news without pictures in ten days.
It has been observed that in the frontpages of the printed newspapers the usage of the
information graphics is not sufficient. In ten days Milliyet, Akşam, Güneşand Türkiye didn’t
place any graphics and the others used graphics rather insufficently (Table 5).
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Table 5. The number of the news on the frontpages of printed newspapers and
the number of the newswith graphics.
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In the printed newspapers the number of the with graphics was 23 in ten days, so the average
number of using graphics on the frontpage was 2 for a newspaper.
According to data taken in ten day-research, 3% of the news given with graphics. Sabah gives
the news with information graphics with rate of 7%, Hürriyet, Yeni Şafak and Yeniçağ 5%,
Radikal and Zaman 2%.
In ten days 4 graphics took place in ten national newspapers’ online versions. Therefore,
while printed newspapers used graphics with the rate of 3%, they are used for less in online
newspapers. This results supports the idea that online newspapers give textual information.
Tablo 6. The number of the news full-text news and the news with links.
131
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The total number of news texts in the homepages is 74. Accordingly, the average number for
one newspaper is 7 in a day. The number of the news with links is 922, so the it is 92 for a day.
According to the figures which were got in ten day research the rate of having whole text in
printed newspapers is 7%. Thus, the rate of placing the news with links is 93%. The rate is
100% for Radikal and Yeni Şafak, 99% for Sabah, 98% for Milliyet, 97% for Türkiye, 95% for
Hürriyet, Zaman and Yeniçağ, 4% for Akşam, and 66% for Güneş. These rates show the
percentages of the news of which details placed in inner pages. The Güneş newspaper places
the whole text on the homepage with the rate of 44%. (Table 6).
The rate of placing the news with links is 100% in internet newspapers. In ten day research no
news without links was seen as a whole text on the homepage, but the news could be seen
with hyperlinks. Thus, the method of placing with the details of the news on inner pages is
applied with hyperlinks in online newspapers.
In internet newspaper the reader need to click on the news or headline to reach the the details
of the news with the rate of 100%. Thus, the reader might lose the interest while clicking on a
few times to reach the whole text, and it is probable to go out of the news itself. In this case,
the hypothesis saying “The news links with a few steps which make the readers reach the
details, might take the out of the news itself and make it difficult to turn to the original news
for the readers” is supported.
Table 7. The dimension of the photographs on the frontpages
of the printed newspapers.
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The number of the small-sized photographs
In the samples taken from the ten newspapers, it is seen that the general trend is using
middle-sized photographs, but Zaman, Yeni Şafak and Türkiye use big-sized photographs
whereas Radikal, Hürriyet, Akşam and Yeniçağ most of the times use small sized
photographs, and Milliyet, Sabah and Güneşhave middle-sized photographs.
The number of the news photographs on the homepages is 616. 187 of them are big, 225 are
middle-sized, and 204 of them are small photographs. Accordingly, the number of the
photographs on the homepage for a newspaper is 6 for a day. The rate of the news with big
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photographs is 30%, 37% for middle-sized ones, and 33% is for for the small ones.(Table 7).
According to the data the middle-sized photographs (about 5x10cm) are used more
commonly in printed newspapers.
In tha samples taken from the online newspapers it is seen that they generally have small
photographs, and Radikal, Yeniçağ and Yeni Şafak most commonly use small photographs.
Zaman and Güneş place middle-sized photographsmore commonly. Sabah and Hürriyet use
big-sized photographs more.
The number of tne news photographs on the homepages is 375. 45 out of 375 are big
photographs, 109 of them are middle-sized, and 221 of them are small-sized. Thus, the
average number for a newspaper for a day is 4. The rate of the big photographs is 12%, 29% is
for middle-sized, and 59% is for small-sized ones. According to the data it is seen that internet
newspapers tend to use small photographs mostly.
Table 8. The dimensions of the photographs on the homepages
of ınternet newspapers.
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The data shows that printed newspapers mostly place middle-sized photographs, whereas,
the online newspapers tend to use small photographs. Thus, it can be said in online
newspaper the photographs smaller than 2cm are used more.
When we analyze the sizes of the photograph usage, printed newspapers used middle-sized
photographs with the rate of 37% and online newspapers use small photographs with the rate
of 59%.
As a result, the data gathered in ten days from ten national newspapers and their internet
versions supports the hypothesis saying “On the homepages of the internet newspapers the
eye-catching graphics are given in smaller sizes when they are compared with the printed
ones.” Also, it has been observed that during the ten-day research Türkiye and Güneş placed
no photograph on their internet versions.
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According to the results the number of the photographs taking place on the frontpages of the
printed newspapers is 616, and for the online newspaper this number is 375. Thus, it is
observed that the number of the photographs on the internet newspapers is the half of the
ones on the printed newspapers. All in all, the hypothesis saying “On the internet versions of
the local newspapers less photograph and graphics are used” is supported. There has been a
conflict between the internet newspapers which have high technology and their use of visual
elements which could create a visual attractivenes.
Table 9 . The dimensions of the graphics on the first pages
of the printed newspapers.
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The number of middle-sized graphics
The number of small-sized graphics
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The number of the graphics on printed newspapers is 23. 3 of 23 are big, 15 of them are
middle-sized, and 2 of them are small sized graphics. Therefore, it can be said that the printed
newspapers tend to place middle-sized graphics on the first page. For internet versions only
Radikal used 3 graphics in ten days. (Table 9) According to the results, it is said that internet
newspapers decrease the number of information graphics. The conflict is seen here, too. The
internet newspapers which have high-technology use limited number of visual information
elements and don’t provide the visual attractivenes.
Discussion &S Conclusion
The data gathered in this study reveals that textual information is more commonly used in
internet newspapers. Web newspapers are not using the high technology they have, yet.
The internet newspapers can be read with an interactive medium. To access the internet
newspapers headlines and links are to be effective and clicked on. While designing the web
pages the interaction between the publisher and user is the key element.
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The new type of newspaper is not the exact version of the printed ones. Internet consists of
many communication approaches, and the newspaper editors are attached importance and
they make the multi-communication effective by using international links.
The internet newspapers have the high technology, but they don’t use the visual elements
with the same portion.
First, while designing the web pages and using graphics the readers’ expectations are taken
into consideration. Secondly, the readers’ interests are important and thirdly, its editos’ are
not the decision maker to specify the content anymore.
The research has been limited to the ten national newspapers’ frontpage and the homepages
of their internet versions just for ten days. The newspapers are Radikal, Hürriyet, Milliyet,
Sabah, Güneş, Yeniçağ, Yeni Şafak, Türkiye, Zaman and Akşam. The research duration for
each newspapers was ten days. (Radikal, Hürriyet, Milliyet, Sabah and Akşam newspapers
were collected between 23 September 2002 and 4 October 2002, and Zaman, Yeniçağ, Güneş,
Yeni Şafak and Türkiye were collected between 1 October 2002 and 12 October 2002. The first
pages of these newspapers and the homepages of their internet versions have been analyzed
according to content analysis approach)
To get more specific results about the page design and graphics usage more newspapers
could be analyzed. For example, the amount of interaction on internet newspapers, the
changes in information flow in the multi communication environment, the importance of new
powers in internet publishing, and the balances of these powers might all be researched.
The computer technology might cause new changes in internet publishing. However, no big
change is foreseen for the near future. It has two reasons. The first reason is that printed
newspapers are still the main source, and the reason is that because the computer user
connects via modem they have problems with the speed of access.
The graphics and photographs are used with a limited number and with small sizes in
internet newspapers. However, computers increases the news’ quality as a communication
tool when it comes to news enriched with photographs and video sights. The visual elements
which are limited today might develop in the near future.
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