Intro to Media Studies BBS

Message from: jbdavis@MIT.EDU
About: http://cnnfn.com/

Wed, 05 Feb 1997 23:26:39 EST

  • Next message: Martin Roberts: "21L015 Lab I (fwd)"
    I finally decided to go through the CNNfn (CNN's financial network)
    website at http://cnnfn.com .

    The site is interesting from a media perspective because it is
    designed to augment the daily programming on CNNfn. CNNfn is
    dedicated to financial markets news; they segment their daily
    programming by the hour, with "shows" (they all look like news)
    such as "biz buzz," "business unusual," "digital jam," and so on.

    Each segment features news and interviews, which is where their
    website comes in. As the day goes on, the stories presented in
    each segment are posted in more complete form on that segment's
    page in the site. External links for more information, as well.
    Additionally, viewers are able to email questions to pre-announced
    guests so that the anchors have material to work with during
    interviews.

    All this, and you can keep on watching the channel as you explore
    the site...

    Byron
    ---------
    J. Byron Davis jbdavis@mit.edu
    70 Amherst Street (617) 225-1510
    Cambridge, MA 02142 http://dolores.mit.edu/

    You may post a follow-up message or a new message. To send a reply directly to the author, you may click on the email address above.

    If you would like to submit a message using your own mail program, send it to: bbs@webmeet.mit.edu

    If you are following up this article, please include the following line at the beginning of your message: 
    In-Reply-To: 9702060426.AA05616@waxdoctor.MIT.EDU