
Online Journalism
A Critical Primer
Jim Hall(Author)
Pluto Press
Published on 20. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-7453-1192-0 (ISBN)
Description
Online journalism is revolutionising the way news is reported and read. The rise of the internet has forever changed the way audiences interact with the news - stories are posted the moment they break and readers routinely expect to be able to access both the news sources and local perspectives. Online news and the pattern of media ownership raise a number of urgent questions about accuracy, press autonomy, freedom of speech and economic exclusion.
Jim Hall provides a comprehensive guide to the emerging field of cyberjournalism and examines the issues it raises. Looking at how interactive texts are both written and read, the book surveys the new technologies and conventions that online journalism has ushered in. The author uses case studies such as Monicagate and the war in Kosovo to illustrate both the opportunities and the limitations of cyberjournalism.
It is designed as a text to introduce how cyberjournalism works and how it can be used in innovative ways.
Jim Hall provides a comprehensive guide to the emerging field of cyberjournalism and examines the issues it raises. Looking at how interactive texts are both written and read, the book surveys the new technologies and conventions that online journalism has ushered in. The author uses case studies such as Monicagate and the war in Kosovo to illustrate both the opportunities and the limitations of cyberjournalism.
It is designed as a text to introduce how cyberjournalism works and how it can be used in innovative ways.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
352 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7453-1192-0 (9780745311920)
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E-Book
02/2001
1st Edition
Pluto Press
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Person
Jim Hall is the programme leader of Journalism Studies at Falmouth College. A former professional copywriter and journalist, he now divides his time between teaching and writing on media and literary studies.
Content
Introduction
1. The Information Society
2. The Nature Of News
3. From Phototypesetting To Xml
4. Armageddon.Com: Homepages And Refugees
5. 'Too Fresh To Be True': Acceleration, Ethics And The Spectacle
6. 'That Balance' And The New World Information Order
7. 'Undertakings Of Great Advantage'
8. The (Re)Construction Of Reality: Local And Global Journalisms
Notes
Bibliography
1. The Information Society
2. The Nature Of News
3. From Phototypesetting To Xml
4. Armageddon.Com: Homepages And Refugees
5. 'Too Fresh To Be True': Acceleration, Ethics And The Spectacle
6. 'That Balance' And The New World Information Order
7. 'Undertakings Of Great Advantage'
8. The (Re)Construction Of Reality: Local And Global Journalisms
Notes
Bibliography