The MUNU experiment : preliminary results

We are interested in the organisational changes in identity, brought about by the juxtaposition of paper and electronic media in the domain of daily newspapers. We define these changes through a specific case: placing the daily newspaper Le Monde on the Internet as Web pages. Our concern is how changes in identity, related to placing a daily newspaper on-line, are understood by a «communicational reading». We explore the on-line newspaper industry using «l'approche communicationnelle» (Alex Mucchielli, 1997, 1998, 2000). This approach pays particular attention to the communication processes which define the on-line newspaper industry. Our objective is to research how the nature of journalism arises, sets itself up and evolves with the help of information and communication technologies.