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“From depth to clicks”- The opportunity cost and dilemma in investigative journalism- A short review

Author(s) Abhirup Bhadra
Country India
Abstract Opportunity cost is a fundamental concept of economics which plays a vital role in the field of media. Particularly in journalism the real time news production which can have misinformation, less scrutiny and shallow research- in the new media era, the cost of investigative journalism is paid off as it requires time, finance and patience to come up with an investigative report. This paper is a short review of how news media are paying the opportunity cost against investigative journalism in order to sustain the news business and producing real time news rather investing on in depth news production.
Keywords Opportunity cost, media economics, journalism, decision-making
Field Sociology > Journalism / Media
Published In Volume 7, Issue 2, March-April 2025
Published On 2025-03-08

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