Mobile internet as a factor of transformation of Belarus mediasphere

Authors

  • Aleksandr A. Hradziushka The Institute of Journalism of the Belarusian State University, Kalʼvariiskaya Street, 9, 220004, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Keywords:

digitization, digital technology, mobile internet, media consumption, responsive design, visual content, infographics, mobile media, social media

Abstract

Main tendencies of transition of the media to new principles of functioning under conditions of mobile changes are  reflected. The role of mobile Internet in the transformation of media space and professional competences of the journalist is shown. The analysis of the digital strategies of the leading online media in Belarus in terms of digitalization and the  changing media consumption is given. The paper provides some data about the actual level of mobile technology expansion  in Belarus, examines the most successful mobile sites of online mass media in the country and makes an attempt to forecast  their prospects for development. It is emphasized that the development of mobile devices and the transition of mostly active  audience from desktops to smartphones has led to substantial changes in the traditional media. The study registers a crisis  of print media and the constant growth of social media which shifted into a special type of media space. It analyzes how  mobile technologies affect the text and format of their presentation. The study of several sites reveals that one of the most  important factors in the development of journalism on the Internet has become a visualization. The creation of content for  mobile devices is considered as a special kind of creative activity of journalists in multimedia.

Author Biography

  • Aleksandr A. Hradziushka, The Institute of Journalism of the Belarusian State University, Kalʼvariiskaya Street, 9, 220004, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

    PhD (philology), docent; associate professor at the department of medialogy and web  journalism

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Published

2019-04-13

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No. 1 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism and Pedagogics

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Web-journalism and Media Studies

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Hradziushka, A.A. 2019. Mobile internet as a factor of transformation of Belarus mediasphere. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism. 1 (Apr. 2019), 71–77.