Title: Web journalism : a new form of citizenship? /
Authors: Monaghan, Garrett.; Tunney, Sean.
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Citizen journalism.; Online journalism; User-generated content.
Abstract: 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 dialog between members of a community. The editors and contributors analyze 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, this book will be of use and of interest to all those engaged in the debate over Web reporting and citizen journalism.
Contents: News blogs, mainstream news and news agendas / Vincent Campbell ... [et al.] -- Gotcha : how newsroom norms are shaping participatory journalism online / Neil Thurman and Alfred Hermida -- We are not all journalists now / Gary Hudson and Mick Temple -- The case against the democratic influence of the Internet on journalism / Tim Markham -- Blogging journalists : the writing on the wall / Paul Bradshaw -- "An essential service in the life of the nation" / Kevin Marsh -- Citizenship and public service : the case of BBC news online / Einar Thorsen, Stuart Allan and Cynthia Carter -- Shut out but switched on : web forums, border identities and the evolving narrative of post-Devolution Wales / Simon Gwyn Roberts -- Local voices : the regional press and user-generated content / Andy Price -- Changing auntie : a case study in managing and regulating user-generated news content at the BBC / Janet Jones -- A free market of ideas? : the utility of citizen-generated content / Lian Zhu --^