ABSTRACT
From its early days, the Word Wide Web has been the object of both visionary expectations and fears alike. This is especially true for journalism. In the 1990s, hopes were high that technological developments would also change the face of journalism: researchers and the public expected a “revolution” (Stephens, 1998), the “age of the net” (Heinonen, 1999) or the “future of journalism” (Pavlik, 1999), following Quittner’s visionary article on “a whole new journalism” (1995). Interaction between writers and audiences seemed to be possible, and the inclusion of multi-media content promised to open up new spheres of story telling.
