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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826757103321

Autore

Heinrich Ansgard

Titolo

Network journalism : journalistic practice in interactive spheres / / Ansgard Heinrich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-82243-7

1-283-15141-3

9786613151414

1-136-82244-5

0-203-83045-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in journalism ; ; 3

Disciplina

070.9/09051

Soggetti

Journalism - History - 21st century

Journalism - Technological innovations

Online journalism

Citizen journalism

Digital media

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

Introduction -- Network journalism : theories and concepts. The network age and its footprints on journalism -- News agencies and telegraph technology : the evolution of global news exchange networks -- Network journalism : between decentralization and non-linear news flows -- Information nodes in the network journalism sphere -- Network journalism : practitioner perspectives. Studying network journalism -- The advent of digitalization in newsrooms -- The shared information sphere : user-generated content providers, citizen journalists, media activists -- The shared information sphere : blogs and their impact on journalism -- The active user in the network journalism sphere -- Transnational news flows in the network journalism sphere -- Reconceptualizing journalistic outlets as information nodes -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on current theoretical debates in journalism studies, and



grounded in empirical research, Heinrich here analyzes the interplay between journalistic practice and processes of globalization and digitalization. She argues that a new kind of journalism is emerging, characterized by an increasingly global flow of news as well as a growing number of news deliverers. Within this transformed news sphere the roles of journalistic outlets change. They become nodes, arranged in a dense net of information gatherers, producers, and disseminators. The interactive connections among these news provide