The Electronic Grapevine: Rumor, Reputation, and Reporting in the New On-Line Environment

ISBN-13: 9780805821727 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 208 str.

Borden; Diane L. Borden; Kerric Harvey

Opis

The widespread use of the Internet as a tool for gathering and disseminating information raises questions for journalists (and their readers) about the process of reporting information. This text explores the use of online media by reporters in the United States and examines the impact that usage may have on how journalism is framed in the cultural sphere, as well as how it is conducted in the professional one. It contains a mix of material examining how it feels to do online journalism, how it affects those who consume it, the ways that media scholars try to understand it better, and the cultural impact on the public.

Recenzje

"This comprehensive report of the current state of the art should be available in the libraries of all institutions at which journalism is seriously studied at any level."
—CHOICE

"Collections such as The Electronic Grapevine" generate important discussions on issues that must find their way to the agendas of thoughful scholars and journalists committed to upholding the traditional canons of the profession and shaping, as best we are able, the cultural and social impacts of an on-line environment evolving at break-neck speed."
—Convergence

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Part I: Rumor. J.E. Newhagen, M.R. Levy, The Future of Journalism in a Distributed Communication Architecture. S. Hornig Priest, Public Opinion, Expert Opinion, and the Illusion of Consensus: Gleaning Points of View Electronically. W.S. Williams, The Blurring of the Line Between Advertising and Journalism in the On-Line Environment. P. Aufderheide, Niche-Market Culture, Off and On Line. Part II: Reputation. J. Primuth, Cyberspace: A Consensual Hallucination. K. Harvey, Going On Line With the U.S. Constitution: Gender Discussions in the Cultural Context of the First Amendment. D.L. Borden, Cyberlibel: Time to Flame the Times Standard. Part III: Reporting. B. Henderson, J. Fernbank, The Campus Press: A Practical Approach to On-Line Newspapers. L.C. Christopher, Technology and Journalism in the Electronic Newsroom. S.S. Ross, Journalists' Use of On-Line Technology and On-Line Sources. W. Evans, Content Analysis in an Era of Interactive News: Assessing 21st Century Symbolic Environments. K. Kawamoto, Making Sense of the New On-Line Environment in the Context of Traditional Mass Communications Study.

O autorze

Borden, Diane L.; Harvey, Kerric