Journalism and Blogging

Lowrey, Wilson; Mackay, Jenn Burleson

doi:10.1080/17512780701768527

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“…Although multimedia journalism requires journalists to alter their practices to accommodate new tools, participatory journalism has necessitated an articulation of what journalists do that those outside the newsroom do not (Lowrey & Mackay, 2008). Their response to this existential question has centered on professional values and normative standards, with journalists arguing that commitment to such norms as accuracy and impartiality sets them apart (Singer, 2010).…”

Section: Diffusion and Newsroom Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Making Change

Ekdale

Singer

Tully

et al. 2015

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link Abstract:Diffusion of innovations theory typically has been applied to the spread of a particular technology or practice rather than the interplay of a cluster of innovations. This case study of a news company undergoing significant change seeks to offer a deeper understanding of multifaceted industry upheaval by considering the diffusion of three interdependent yet distinct changes. Findings suggest technological change faces the fewest hurdles, as journalists recognize the need to adapt their practices to newer capabilities. Changes to audience relationships face greater resistance, while responses to changes to the professional culture of journalism remain the most tepid.

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Section: Diffusion and Newsroom Changementioning

confidence: 99%

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Singer

Tully

et al. 2015

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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“…Some research reports that media workers maintain old values in the midst of digital changes (O'Sullivan and Heinonen, 2008) and actively devalue user-generated content (Lewis et al, 2009). Still other scholars have suggested that blogs alter reporters' conceptions of immediacy, interactivity and transparency (Bivens, 2008) and influence newsroom conversations and sourcing practices (Lowrey and Mackay, 2008). This research explored what online contributors think about their role as information producers, as well as how the journalists perceive that role.…”

Section: New Members and Citizen Journalistsmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Anyone can know’: Citizen journalism and the interpretive community of the mainstream press

Robinson

DeShano

2011

Journalism

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In Madison, WI, two news groups – bloggers and local reporters – are squaring off, developing separate value systems and establishing protocols of intergroup activity. This study explored those framing values and documented individual role play within this Midwestern city’s information-producing community. An informal interpretive community of citizen journalists offers ways of knowing distinct from the way the press has traditionally practiced, negotiated and shared news stories. Interviews with citizens and professional journalists revealed convergences between these groups of news writers as well as dichotomies. This evidence showed that both the entrenched community of journalists and the emerging one of citizen news writers are framed by values of socially responsible missions, access to information, entitlement to knowledge and informal notions of professionalism. When ‘anyone can know’ – a quote from these interviews – the result is an adaptive organization of information producers that influence each other and redefine the aims, standards and ideology of journalism.

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“…Opinions differ about whether merely offering these technologies to the audience really leads to an organisational change, even if the tools apparently fulfil an existing public need. Some contend that external forces leading to changes within journalism are almost automatically accepted by journalists as a means of self-preservation (Lowrey and Mackey, 2008). Others argue that organisational change will not take place unless the policy makers in the newsroom actively encourage it*something that is usually not quite their habit (Sigelman, 1973).…”

Section: The Internet's Influencementioning

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The Printed Rise of the Common Man

Keyser¹,

Raeymaeckers²

2012

Journalism Studies

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Journalists have traditionally focused on a small range of elite sources. Far less attention went to ordinary or common people, resulting in little visibility for that community in news output. However, bottom-up Web 2.0 technologies have given common people new communication tools, allowing them to disperse information autonomously. This has made traditional news media aware of a public desire for bottom-up participation in the news production process. Accordingly, some news media have begun to offer their own participation features. Bearing this context in mind, we address the question whether Web 2.0 has helped increase the visibility and importance of the common people in daily news output. Via a content analysis of five Flemish newspapers, the current representation of ordinary citizens is compared to a decade ago, before the appearance Web 2.0. The analysis shows that citizens appear more prominently in the news nowadays.

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Journalism and Blogging

Cited by 55 publications

References 27 publications

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‘Anyone can know’: Citizen journalism and the interpretive community of the mainstream press

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