Making online news
Subtitle: the ethnography of new media production
By: edited by Chris Paterson, David Domingo.
Contributors: Paterson, Chris A.; Domingo, David.
Series: Digital formations -- vol. 49
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781433102134; 9781433102141
Subjects: Online journalism
Description: Volume 1 summary: By analyzing the daily work of online journalists, this book investigates the production of online news: how it differs from traditional media production, and its consequences for the character and quality of online news. It advocates revitalization on the ethnographic methodologies of sociologists who entered newsrooms in the 1970s and 1980s, while simultaneously exploring new theoretical frameworks to better understand the evolution of online journalism and how newsrooms deal with innovation and change. This collection fills a gap in the field by offering ethnographic descriptions from sites of online news production in many countries, and provides insider perspectives on the real practices and values of new media production, documenting how these often differ from the claims of both producers and theorists. -- Publisher description.

Volume 2 summary: Online journalism has taken center stage in debates about the future of news. Instead of speculating, this volume offers rich empirical evidence about actual developments in online newsrooms. The authors use ethnographic methodologies to provide a vivid, close analysis of processes like newsroom integration, the transition of newspaper and radio journalists to digital multimedia production, the management of user-generated content, the coverage of electoral campaigns, the pressure of marketing logics, the relationship with bloggers or the redefinition of news genres. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.