Smartphone in Journalism: shift in news Production, distribution, and consumption in Indian new mediascape

Abstract

The media industry is involved in a huge way after digitalization. The entry of computers, internet and mobile phones changed the way newsrooms worked and it also challenged the media planners and journalists both financial and workforce end. The smartphone has affected journalists at work, editors at newsroom and readers alike. The current paper tries to study the above-mentioned situation in the new media news production in India. The paper features personal interviews of journalists, editors, media managers of selected new media of India. The paper tries to build a theoretical framework to understand the capacity and limitations of smartphones in Indian newsrooms.