An Exploratory Study of News Narrative Structure and Writing Process in a Web-Based Hypertext Environment

• Main Authors: Tu, Zhi-Hao, 涂志豪
• Other Authors: Chien Chou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1998
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42663967524427199230

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 傳播研究所 === 86 === The purpose of this study is to integrate the characteristics of news writing and reporting, hypertext theory, and literary theory to develop a hypertextual news writing environment. The focus is on the implication of news narrative structure and writing process in a web-based hypertext environment on Internet.The study first addressed the hypertext theory and its effect on news, and then discussed the news narrative structure and writing process in a hypertext environment. In this study, the design guidelines for a online hypertext writing and editing environment were concluded, and a online hypertext news writing and editing system prototype was established accordingly. Heuristic evaluation and user focus group evaluation of this prototype were both conducted.The prototype evaluation indicated that: 1. hypertext news could realized the characteristics of Internet; 2. online writing environment would affect reporters* news writing process and narrative structure; 3. hypertextual news database would influence reporters* viewpoint and writing style; 4. networked hypertext environment could support authorial collaboration, and 5. hypertext news could be published realtime on the web. However, technical problems and policy issues related to web news writing and editing should be addressed in the future research.