The changing faces of journalism [[electronic resource] ] : tabloidization, technology and truthiness / / edited by Barbie Zelizer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454505503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, N.Y., : Routledge, 2009
• ISBN: 1-135-96847-0; 1-282-08525-5; 9786612085253; 0-203-87845-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Collana: Shaping inquiry in culture, communication and media studies
• Altri autori (Persone): ZelizerBarbie
• Disciplina: 070.9/09051
• Soggetti: Journalism - History - 21st century; Sensationalism in journalism; Journalism - Technological innovations; Journalism - Objectivity; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on papers presented at a one-day symposium held on November 30, 2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction. Why journalism's changing faces matter / Barbie Zelizer -- On Tabloidization. Rethinking a villain, redeeming a format: the crisis and cure in tabloidization / Michael Serazio -- Can popularization help the news media? / Herbert J. Gans -- Tears and trauma in the news / Carolyn Kitch -- Tabloidization: what is it and does it really matter? / S. Elizabeth Bird -- On technology. Rethinking journalism through technology / Lokman Tsui -- Materiality and mimicry in the journalism field / Pablo Boczkowski -- The guardian of the real: journalism in the time of the new mind / Julianne H. Newton -- Technology and the individual journalist: agency beyond imitation and change / Mark Deuze -- On truthiness. Rethinking truth through truthiness / Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt -- Factual knowledge in the age of truthiness / Michael Schudson -- The moment of truthiness: the right time to consider the meaning of truthfulness / James S. Ettema -- ; Believable fictions: redactional culture and the will to truthiness / Jeffrey Jones.
• Sommario/riassunto: The collection is introduced with an essay by Barbie Zelizer and organized into three sections: how tabloidization affects the journalistic landscape; how technology changes what we think we know about journalism; and how 'truthiness' tweaks our understanding of the journalistic tradition. Short section introductions contextualise the essays and highlight the issues that they raise, creating a coherent study of journalism today.