Public journalism 2.0 : the promise and reality of a citizen-engaged press / / edited by Jack Rosenberry and Burton St. John III

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457097103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-96608-7; 1-135-96609-5; 1-282-97521-8; 9786612975219; 0-203-87677-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RosenberryJack; St. JohnBurton <1957->
• Disciplina: 070.4/3
• Soggetti: Citizen journalism; Online journalism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments and Special Editor's Note; Chapter 1 Introduction: Public Journalism Values in an Age of Media Fragmentation; Part I The Roots of Civic and Citizen Journalism; Chapter 2 Newspapers and Communities: The Vital Link; Chapter 3 What Citizen Journalism Can Learn from Public Journalism; Chapter 4 Citizen Journalism in a Historical Frame; Chapter 5 The Citizen Journalist as Gatekeeper: A Critical Evolution; Open Source Interview: The Evolution of Public Journalism; Part II Contemporary Civic and Citizen Journalism; Chapter 6 News Quality Differences in Online Newspaper and Citizen Journalism SitesChapter 7 The Virginian-Pilot's Co-Pilot Pages: Participatory Journalism and the Dilemma of Private Values as Public News; Chapter 8 Citizen Journalism in the Community and the Classroom; Chapter 9 The Changing Face of News in a Major U.S. City: Hyper-Local Websites Try to Fill the Void in Chicago; Open Source Interview: Online Dialogue, Public Life and Citizen Journalism; Part III ; Looking Ahead: Public Journalism 2.0; Chapter 10 Routinization of Charisma: The Institutionalization of Public Journalism Online; Chapter 11 Common Knowledge, Civic Engagement and Online News OrganizationsChapter 12 Madison Commons 2.0: A Platform for Tomorrow's Civic and Citizen Journalism; Open Source Interview: Civic and Citizen Journalism's Distinctions; Chapter 13 Conclusion: A Place for the Professionals; Appendix: Further Readings; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Where does journalism fit in the media landscape of blogs, tweets, Facebook postings, YouTube videos, and literally billions of Web pages?Public Journalism 2.0 examines the ways that civic or public journalism is evolving, especially as audience-created content-sometimes referred to as citizen journalism or participatory journalism-becomes increasingly prominent in contemporary media. As the contributors to this edited volume demonstrate, the mere use of digital technologies is not the fundamental challenge of a new citizen-engaged journalism; rather, a depper understanding