The Life Informatic: Newsmaking in the Digital Era (Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: May 21, 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801478581
Description: "News journalism is in the midst of radical transformation brought about by the spread of digital information and communication technology and the rise of neoliberalism. What does it look like, however, from the inside of a news organization? In The Life Informatic, Dominic Boyer offers the first anthropological ethnography of contemporary office-based news journalism. The result is a fascinating account of journalists struggling to maintain their expertise and authority, even as they find their principles and skills profoundly challenged by ever more complex and fast-moving streams of information." -- Publisher website.