Just like in South Korea, the Singaporean people are fanatical about participating in news media.
In 2005 The Straits Times, a daily newspaper in Singapore, celebrated its 160th birthday. In the same year the executives thought very hard about its future as there were growing concerns that changes would need to be made to secure the newspaper’s longevity in the media industry.
The following year saw the creation of STOMP, Straits Times Online Mobile and Print, which is a website that promotes user-generated content. Similar to Korea’s Ohmynews, the site regularly receives news, video footage and photos captured by the mobile phones of every day people out on the street.
However, while both websites operate to engage audiences, STOMP is run differently to Ohmynews. STOMP encourages people to email their account of a news story and it is then narrated by a staff member of The Strait Times (See post five, "Oh my gosh, Ohmynews" to compare this process to that of Ohmynews in South Korea). Hence, the case studies are an illustration of how citizen journalism websites can be managed differently, yet still achieve the same outcome of participatory media.
Nevertheless, similarly to Ohmynews there are a range of fun and interactive features on the STOMP website. This includes celebrity blogs, podcasts, competitions, video and photo galleries. In addition to this, it is not uncommon for news features on the website to be printed in The Straits Times newspaper.
Check out this explanation of Stomp by the editor of the website, Jennifer Lewis:
Or click here to read a news article on STOMP’s popularity.
In 2005 The Straits Times, a daily newspaper in Singapore, celebrated its 160th birthday. In the same year the executives thought very hard about its future as there were growing concerns that changes would need to be made to secure the newspaper’s longevity in the media industry.
The following year saw the creation of STOMP, Straits Times Online Mobile and Print, which is a website that promotes user-generated content. Similar to Korea’s Ohmynews, the site regularly receives news, video footage and photos captured by the mobile phones of every day people out on the street.
However, while both websites operate to engage audiences, STOMP is run differently to Ohmynews. STOMP encourages people to email their account of a news story and it is then narrated by a staff member of The Strait Times (See post five, "Oh my gosh, Ohmynews" to compare this process to that of Ohmynews in South Korea). Hence, the case studies are an illustration of how citizen journalism websites can be managed differently, yet still achieve the same outcome of participatory media.
Nevertheless, similarly to Ohmynews there are a range of fun and interactive features on the STOMP website. This includes celebrity blogs, podcasts, competitions, video and photo galleries. In addition to this, it is not uncommon for news features on the website to be printed in The Straits Times newspaper.
Check out this explanation of Stomp by the editor of the website, Jennifer Lewis:
Or click here to read a news article on STOMP’s popularity.
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