Media online

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Nowadays, all over the world media undergo economic crisis caused by various reasons. Development of digital techniques may bring hope for improvement of this situation. It is estimated that, already in approximately two years, the number of Internet users will reach one billion. It does not mean, however, that all internauts use the network resources with equal intensity. One can also distinguish various ways of access to the net, e.g. by the radio, satellite or mobile phone. Internet press becomes more and more popular. Simultaneous press publishing in two versions - online and on paper - influences the increased circulation of the latter. The emergence of the Internet techniques has triggered rapid changes in the field of phonic and audiovisual media. At the same time one can observe the tendency of introducing charges for rendering services via Internet.

KEYWORDS

Internet, media economics, press, media technology