Going Electronic with the Air Force Base Newspaper

This case study examines the basic design of an existing online newspaper and applies that knowledge to designing an electronic Air Force base newspaper by studying the form and function of Sun.ONE, a joint electronic newspaper venture by the Gainesville Sun and the Interactive Media Lab at the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications. Studying Sun. ONE provides a baseline guide to help determine the feasibility of an electronic Air Force base newspaper, and whether a bulletin board system based or World Wide Web-based system would best serve the needs of the Air Force. Because of the rapidly-changing nature of the Internet and the World Wide Web, definitions were established for key terms to provide a common basis for discussion. This thesis provides a brief history of electronic publishing as well as the events leading up to Sun.ONE. The last two chapters focus on military base newspapers, and applies the information learned from the study to how an electronic Air Force base newspaper might achieve those same goals.Air Force Inst of Tech Wright-Patterson AFB OH is the author of 'Going Electronic with the Air Force Base Newspaper', published 1997 under ISBN 9781423584469 and ISBN 1423584465.