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PEMBACA AKHBAR LARI KELAMAN WEB

MANILA - Laman onlain Malaysia semakin popular tetapi akhbar perdana semakin hilang pembaca.

Pemberitaan politik tempatan yang miring sebelah itu membuatkan pembaca lari berbondong-bondong untuk mendapatkan berita alternatif dari laman web.

Menurut AC Nielsen, kadar pembacaan akhbar tempatan telah menjunam teruk sejak dua tahun lepas. NST mengalami kejutan yang amat teruk.

Peratus Kemerosotan:

NST: 34%
Berita Harian: 30%
Utusan Malaysia: 27%
Star: 6.3%
Sin Chew Jit Poh: 1.7%

Walau bagaimanapun, populariti laman web berita semakin meningkat,

Kunjungan Laman Web:

malaysiakini.com: 116,000 pengunjung sehari harakahdaily.com: 140,000 paparan sehari

KOMEN

Penetrasi Internet kini sekitar 10%. Penduduk Malaysia pula lebih kurang 22 juta. Jadi lebih kurang 2 juta mempunyai kemudahan internet. Saya berpendapat pengunjung laman pro reformasi dianggarkan sekitar 10% atau 200,000 dan majoritinya melayu dan mempunyai pendidikkan yang agak tinggi. Parti BA seharusnya menggunakan cawangan sebagai sumber menyebar maklumat dari laman web. Dengan cara ini kita akan dapat menyebarkan maklumat dengan lebih efektif. Pelaburan yang diperlukan tidaklah banyak kerana harga sebuah komputer yang baik kira-kira RM3,000 sahaja.

Para pelajar universiti boleh mnenggunakan bahan laman web untuk membincangkan isu semasa, khususnya dalam usrah. Hasil perbincangan itu seharusnya dihantar kepada laman web juga. Perjuangan di laman web bukan setakat membaca berita sahaja. Kita perlu menyebarkannya dan menyumbang apa yang ada, termasuk buah fikiran yang bernas dan berguna. Dengan berdiam diri, kita takkan kemana. Disinilah mulut dan tangan perlu berkerja sebelum ruang yang ada ditutup serapat-rapatnya. Kerajaan hanya perlu menaikkan kos internet untuk mengunci maklumat dan desas desus TMNet mengambil alih Jaring seharusnya dibantah oleh ramai pihak. Jika tidak bersedialah untuk membayar lebih untuk mendapatkan maklumat......

-TJ Kapal Berita-

Newspapers in KL losing readers to online sites

MANILA - Malaysia's online sites are booming, but its mainstream newspapers are losing readers, it has been reported here.

'The slanted domestic political news coverage has helped to fuel a boom in Malaysia's online sites and the sites are drawing away readership from mainstream newspapers,' the Asian Media Report said.

The bulletin, published by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Manila-based Asia Media Project, cited data from market-research firm AC Nielsen which showed that readership among Malaysia's Malay, English and Chinese language newspapers had declined significantly over the past two years.

The worst-hit was the New Straits Times, which saw a 34 per cent drop in readership.

It was followed by Berita Harian (down 30 per cent) and Utusan Malaysia (down 27 per cent).

These newspapers are either owned or controlled by associates of Umno, the ruling party.

'The less politically-tainted Star lost 6.3 per cent of its readership, while the independent Chinese daily, Sin Chew Jit Poh lost 1.7 per cent,' it added.

Corresponding with the print media's decline was a sharp rise in the popularity of Internet newspapers.

Asian Media Report said the frontrunners were Malaysiakini.com, which claims 116,000 readers a day, and Harakahdaily.com which claims 140,000 page views a day.

Harakahdaily.com was set up by Harakah, the newspaper of the opposition PAS, when the government sought in March to restrict its booming street sales in the wake of the arrest and trial of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir's former deputy, Anwar Ibrahim.

Malaysiakini.com was set up by journalist Stephen Gan.

Other websites dedicated to independent news analysis are Agendamalaysia.com and Saksi.com, whose founders were quoted as saying that their websites provided a credible source of information.

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