New Media, Old News: Journalism and Democracy in the Digital Age

✍ Scribed by Dr Natalie Fenton

Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 233
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

With massive changes in the media environment and its technologies, interrogating the nature of news journalism is one of the most urgent tasks we face in defining the public interest today. The implications are serious, not just for the future of the news, but also for the practice of democracy. In a thorough empirical investigation of journalistic practices in different news contexts, this book explores how technological, economic, and social changes have reconfigured news journalism, and the consequences of these transformations for a vibrant democracy in our digital age. The result is a piercing examination of why understanding news journalism matters now more than ever. It is essential reading for students and scholars of journalism and new media.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 10
Part I - Introduction: New Media and Democracy......Page 14
Drowning or Waving? New Media, Journalism and Democracy......Page 16
Part II - New Media and News in Context......Page 30
1 Technology Foretold......Page 32
2 The Political Economy of the ‘New’ News Environment......Page 48
3 An Ethical Deficit? Accountability, Norms, and the Material Conditions of Contemporary Journalism......Page 64
Part III - New Media and News in Practice......Page 82
4 Culture Shock: New Media and Organizational Change in the BBC......Page 84
5 Old Sources: New Bottles......Page 100
6 Liberal Dreams and the Internet......Page 115
Part IV - New Media, News Sources, New Journalism?......Page 132
7 Politics, Journalism and New Media: Virtual Iron Cages in the New Culture of Capitalism......Page 134
8 New Online News Sources and Writer-Gatherers......Page 151
9 NGOS, New Media and the Mainstream News:News from Everywhere......Page 166
Part V - New Media, News Content and International Context......Page 182
10 A New News Order? Online News Content Examined......Page 184
11 Futures of the News: International Considerations and Further Reflections......Page 200
References......Page 214
Index......Page 232

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