Overview

This book provides a much-needed analytical account of the implications of interactive participation in the construction of media content. Although web journalism is a fast-changing technology this book will have sustained appeal to an international readership by seeking to critically assess Internet news production. With the rise of blogging and citizen journalism, it is a commonplace to observe that interactive participatory media are transforming the relationship between the traditional professional media and their audience. A current, popular, assumption is that the traditional flow of information from media to citizen is being reformed into a democratic dialogue between members of a community.The editors and contributors analyse and debate this assumption through international case studies that include the United Kingdom and United States. While the text has been written and designed for undergraduate and postgraduate use, the book will be of use and of interest to all those engaged in the debate over Web reporting and citizen journalism.

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Author:   Sean Tunney ,  Garrett Monaghan
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.638kg
ISBN:  

9781845192792

ISBN 10:   1845192796
Pages:   347
Publication Date:   03 December 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface; Introduction: Participation & Incorporation?; News Blogs, Mainstream News & News Agendas; Gotcha: How Newsroom Norms are Shaping Participatory Journalism Online; We Are Not All Journalists Now; The Case Against the Democratic Influence of the Internet on Journalism; Blogging Journalists: The Writing on the Wall; ""An Essential Service in the Life of the Nation""; Citizenship & Public Service: The Case of BBC News Online; Shut Out But Switched On: Web Forums, Border Identities & the Evolving Narrative of Post-Devolution Wales; Local Voices: The Regional Press & User-Generated Content; Changing Auntie: A Case Study in Managing & Regulating User-Generated News Content at the BBC; A Free Market of Ideas? The Utility of Citizen-Generated Content; The Blog in Slovenian Traditional Journalism: Gate-keeping, Audience & Citizenship; A Study of Journalistic & Source Transparency in US Online Newspaper & Online Citizen Journalism Articles; Seeing the Unseen: Is New-Media Journalism Reshaping Questions of Race?; Citizen Journalism Online: Promise of an Alternative Conflict Discourse?; Rehearsing Democracy: New Media, Political Freedoms & Censorship in Uganda; Facilitating Participatory Communication in China: An Analysis of Citizen Journalists & Media Regulators in the Qiangguo Forum & its Discussions on Income Inequality; Web-Oriented Public Participation in Contemporary China; Online Journalism: The Changing Media Ecology from an Indian Perspective; Let's Talk: How Blogging is Shaping the BBC's Relationship with the Public; Online Television: A Threat to Balanced Political Reporting; Index."

Reviews

Journalism finds itself in a turbulent period of transition. This outstanding volume addresses the major transformations facing journalism today as it increasingly goes online: it tackles such issues as how we define what journalism is, what criteria we should use to evaluate it, as well as who is and is not a journalist. Further, these topics lead us into still more profound questions about the role of journalism in the politics of modern society and the health of democracy more generally. Questions also come to the fore concerning the kind of journalism citizens need, and to what extent citizens should participate in its production and dissemination. . . . The editors have done a splendid job in assembling and presenting a broad range of robust contributions from both academic scholars and practitioners. This generous collection of 21 chapters encompasses a variety of perspectives and points of departure, highlighting key points of debate. The reader is offered insights into what is happening in the online journalism of the mainstream media and how the notion of professionalism is contested; the world of journalistic blogging is illuminated from variety of perspectives; versions of citizen journalism are explored. The horizon of democracy and citizenship serves as an integrating framework, yet the breadth is also impressive: chapters probe the divergent paths these developments can take in different national and political contexts, including modern China. ... Slated to become a landmark book in the areas of web studies and journalism, this lively and engaging collection will attract readers from many fields. --Professor Peter Dahlgren, Lund University, author, Democracy and the Media

Author Information

Sean Tunney is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Portsmouth. He has worked as a journalist on both national and local newspapers and on the web, and has written on media history and on British and European politics.

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