Online news : journalism and the Internet

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Online news : journalism and the Internet

Stuart Allan

Open University Press, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-197) and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780335221219

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"If the promises of online news are to be fulfilled, books like this deserve the widest possible readership" Paul Bradshaw, University of Central England, UKIn this exciting and timely book Stuart Allan provides a wide-ranging analysis of online news. He offers important insights into key debates concerning the ways in which journalism is evolving on the internet, devoting particular attention to the factors influencing its development. Using a diverse range of examples, he shows how the forms, practices and epistemologies of online news are gradually becoming conventionalized, and assesses the implications for journalism's future.The rise of online news is examined with regard to the reporting of a series of major news events. Topics include coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing, the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, the September 11 attacks, election campaigns, and the war in Iraq. The emergence of blogging is traced with an eye to its impact on journalism as a profession. The participatory journalism of news sites such as Indymedia, OhmyNews, and Wikinews is explored, as is the citizen journalist reporting of the South Asian tsunami, London bombings and Hurricane Katrina. In each instance, the uses of new technologies - from digital cameras to mobile telephones and beyond - are shown to shape journalistic innovation, often in surprising ways.This book is essential reading for students, researchers and journalists.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction The rise of online news Brave new media worlds: BBC News Online, the Drudge Report, and the birth of blogging Covering the crisis: online journalism on September 11 Sensational scandals: the new(s) values of blogs Online reporting of the war in Iraq: bearing witness Participatory journalism: IndyMedia, OhmyNews and Wikinews Citizen journalists on the scene: the London bombingsand Hurricane Katrina New directions Notes Bibliography Index
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: hb ISBN 9780335221226

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"If the promises of online news are to be fulfilled, books like this deserve the widest possible readership" Paul Bradshaw, University of Cebtral England, UKIn this exciting and timely book Stuart Allan provides a wide-ranging analysis of online news. He offers important insights into key debates concerning the ways in which journalism is evolving on the internet, devoting particular attention to the factors influencing its development. Using a diverse range of examples, he shows how the forms, practices and epistemologies of online news are gradually becoming conventionalized, and assesses the implications for journalism's future.The rise of online news is examined with regard to the reporting of a series of major news events. Topics include coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing, the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, the September 11 attacks, election campaigns, and the war in Iraq. The emergence of blogging is traced with an eye to its impact on journalism as a profession. The participatory journalism of news sites such as Indymedia, OhmyNews, and Wikinews is explored, as is the citizen journalist reporting of the South Asian tsunami, London bombings and Hurricane Katrina. In each instance, the uses of new technologies - from digital cameras to mobile telephones and beyond - are shown to shape journalistic innovation, often in surprising ways.This book is essential reading for students, researchers and journalists.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction The rise of online news Brave new media worlds: BBC News Online, the Drudge Report, and the birth of blogging Covering the crisis: online journalism on September 11 Sensational scandals: the new(s) values of blogs Online reporting of the war in Iraq: bearing witness Participatory journalism: IndyMedia, OhmyNews and Wikinews Citizen journalists on the scene: the London bombingsand Hurricane Katrina New directions Notes Bibliography Index

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