Rebuilding the news
Subtitle: metropolitan journalism in the digital age
By: C. W. Anderson
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781439909331; 9781439909348; 9781439909355
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; Social aspects; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism; Technological innovations; Journalism; COMPUTERS / Information Technology
Description: Breaking down the walls of the traditional newsroom, Rebuilding the News traces the evolution of news reporting as it moves from print to online journalism. As the business models of newspapers have collapsed, author C. W. Anderson chronicles how bloggers, citizen journalists, and social networks are implicated in the massive changes confronting journalism. Through a combination of local newsroom fieldwork, social-network analysis, and online archival research, Rebuilding the News places the current shifts in news production in socio-historical context. Focusing on the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, Anderson presents a gripping case study of how these papers have struggled to adapt to emerging economic, social, and technological realities. As he explores the organizational, networked culture of journalism, Anderson lays bare questions about the future of news-oriented media and its evolving relationship with "the public" in the digital age.--Publisher information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.