| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 傳播所 === 87 === The purpose of this study is to automate newsroom''s processes of electronic newspapers and to provide some references for academic researches and practical applications in constructing intranet systems for electronic newspapers.
This research first reviewed relevant literature on the subjects of electronic newspapers, virtual newsroom, and intranets, and examined the feasibility of constructing intranet systems for newsrooms.
The research followed by intensive interviewing three electronic newspapers for cases study. It explored how electronic newspaper organizations can use intranet systems to help their work processes, the benefits, and their future developing directions.
The study chose @CampusNews, a campus electronic newspaper, as an example to design and implement an intranet system. Based on the needs analysis of newsrooms'' processes, five major function areas were derived: editing system, online references and resources, bulletin board, idea and opinion forum, and operation instructions. After the system was constructed, the study used user evaluation method to evaluate the system''s functional performance and user interface.
The evaluation showed that the most important benefits of the system are the same as the intranets benefits mentioned in literature review and intensive interviews. They are: 1.saving manpower and time; 2.simplifying workflow; 3.offering integrated information source; 4.enhancing communication and interaction; 5. easy to control schedule; 6. economical and environmental advantages.
The main contributions of the study including: 1.providing an integrated working environment for electronic newspapers; 2.confirming the feasibility of a Virtual Newsroom Intranet System; 3. offering references in constructing similar systems to other electronic newspaper organizations.
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