Prof researches "Internet Newspapers"

Xigen Li, Assistant Professor of Journalism at SIUC, has written a book, "Internet Newspapers: The Making of a Mainstream Medium," published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Li edited the collection of research papers contained in the book, and also authored or co-authored eight of the 16 papers, written by "the most prominent researchers in the U.S. on this issue."

Li began teaching and research in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts August -- since the Journalism program at SIUC wanted "to get more deeply involved in electronic delivery of news,"

"'In the long run, the Internet will dominate,' Li said. 'I seldom read a print newspaper unless I'm traveling, and I don't really miss it.'"

Reported in an SIUC Press Release.