The Influence of the Internet on European Journalism

Fortunati, Leopoldina; Sarrica, Mauro; O'Sullivan, James; Balčytienė, Auksė; Harro-Loit, Halliki; MacGregor, Phil; Roussou, Nayia; Salaverría, Ramón; Luca, Federico de

doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01476.x

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“…That is not to say there might not be patterns of statistical difference in other groupings of the countries studied -say East and West -and there probably are (Fortunati et al, 2009). An appreciable, if subtle, difference in the formation of attitudes to the internet in print journalism is suggested here.…”

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A cross-regional comparison of selected European newspaper journalists and their evolving attitudes towards the internet - including a single-country focus on the UK

MacGregor

Balčytienė²,

Fortunati³

et al. 2011

Journalism

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This study approaches how journalists in the United Kingdom might compare with individuals working in print journalism in 10 other European countries, to assess role perceptions and beliefs in relation to the internet. The continental Europeans were grouped into north and south, and the UK set was independently compared with each. In all, 270 journalists across 44 newspapers in Europe gave scaled reactions to a questionnaire about their role conceptions, the internet, and the future. It appears the sampled UK journalists, despite some historical conceptions about the distinctively separate evolution of their press, conform strikingly with their European counterparts 628 Journalism 12 (5) but in a specific and patterned way: the UK journalists align with their counterparts from the north of Europe but have significant differences to those in the south. The principal ingredient of the division is the degree to which the journalists find the internet useful, positive and a worthwhile extension of their working opportunities. The findings conform in some respects to academic studies taking a historical and cultural approach to comparative journalism.

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A cross-regional comparison of selected European newspaper journalists and their evolving attitudes towards the internet - including a single-country focus on the UK

MacGregor

Balčytienė²,

Fortunati³

et al. 2011

Journalism

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“…It appears that journalists would benefit from specific search strategy training in order to be able to find information more efficiently and make better use of online platforms and tools. Attitudes to online news gathering are moderately positive, but journalists are concerned about the quality of information they can find on the internet (Fortunati et al 2009). However, researchers state that in this time and age it has never been easier to access primary sources (Paulussen 2007).…”

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Journalistic Tools of the Trade in Flanders

Opgenhaffen¹,

d’Haenens²,

Corten³

2013

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This research is based on two observations. First, journalism practice has changed rapidly and dramatically in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Digitization has imposed pressures on conventional business models, transformed the news production process, and redefined the relationship between newsmakers and their audiences. Second, during that same period Flemish journalism education has boomed, resulting in as many as six professional Bachelor's programs and three academic Master's programs in journalism. These parallel developments have led us to investigate the (mis)match between the needs of Flemish professional journalism, on the one hand, and the ambitions of Flemish journalism curricula, on the other. To this end a survey was distributed among 600 professional journalists to map the competencies they feel are required for the job. Linking these competencies to specific media profiles enabled us to assess the relative importance of each item within a specific working context. Then all Flemish professional and academic journalism education programs were analyzed based on topic focus and media platform. The findings of these investigations were aggregated in an effort to identify the degree of congruence (or lack of it) between the professional field and the educational programs on offer.

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“…Las críticas relativas a la escasa credibilidad y fiabilidad de los contenidos en línea son recurrentes tanto en Estados Unidos como en Europa y España (Garrison, 2003;Estudio de Comunicación y Demométrica, 2006;Masip, 2008;Fortunati et al, 2009). Los periodistas se quejan de que la información es difícil de encontrar en las webs corporativas (Callison, 2003) y de que faltan contenidos de background (Alfonso y Valbuena, 2006).…”

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“…Los periodistas se quejan de que la información es difícil de encontrar en las webs corporativas (Callison, 2003) y de que faltan contenidos de background (Alfonso y Valbuena, 2006). Sin embargo, no todo son comentarios negativos, ya que también aprecian las posibilidades que les brinda internet a la hora de mejorar su trabajo, sobre todo desde el punto de vista de la interactividad con el público (Fortunati et al, 2009) o localizar fuentes o antecedentes (Garrison, 2003), especialmente a través de los denominados social media. 2 La red les abre la puerta a una realidad polifónica (Casero, 2010b), que rompería con la tradicional dependencia de los periodistas hacia las fuentes oficiales, representadas por los gabinetes de comunicación.…”

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Convergence process in information sources: a view from press offices

Molina¹

2012

analisi

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Procesos de convergencia comunicativa en las fuentes de información: una visión desde los gabinetes de prensa ResumenEn los últimos años, la convergencia se ha situado en el centro de los debates académicos sobre periodismo. Sin embargo, son escasas las investigaciones que la abordan desde la óptica de las fuentes de información, unos actores fundamentales en el proceso comunicativo. Partiendo de esta base, el presente artículo rastrea los procesos de convergencia en este ámbito a partir de la experiencia de cuatro gabinetes de prensa especializados en tráfico y seguridad vial. Se articula a través de las cuatro dimensiones que habitualmente sirven para explicar la convergencia en los medios (producción integrada, distribución multiplataforma, polivalencia y audiencias activas) con el objetivo de detectar las principales transformaciones que el fenómeno desencadena en estos departamentos. La metodología de la propuesta combina las técnicas cuantitativas (encuesta y análisis documental) y cualitativas (entrevista y observación), una triangulación habitual en otras investigaciones sobre convergencia. El trabajo de campo permite confirmar la aparición de nuevas fórmulas productivas y plataformas a través de las cuales distribuyen sus informaciones entre los periodistas. Estos cambios obligan a los profesionales de estas oficinas a asumir nuevas funciones, con lo que se vuelven más polivalentes. Sin embargo, no se propicia una relación más virtual con los medios, que sienten que los gabinetes usan la tecnología para impedir un verdadero diálogo.Palabras clave: convergencia, gabinetes de prensa, polivalencia, información de servicio, interactividad Abstract. Convergence process in information sources: a view from press officesLately, convergence is in the middle of academic debates about journalism. However, there are a few researches from the point of view of the information sources, which are fundamental actors in the communication process. Bearing this in mind, this article trails convergence processes in this area from the experience of four press and communication offices on road information. It is organized through the four dimensions often used to explain convergence in media (integrated production, multiplatform delivery, multiskilling, active audience) in order to detect the main transformations unleashed by this phenomenon in communication areas. The changes documented on the media will be our reference. The methodology of this article combines quantitative (survey and documental analysis) and qualitative (deep interview and Sonia González Molina observation) techniques. This triangulation is usual in other researches about convergence. The fieldwork confirms the irruption of new ways to produce information and new platforms to distribute it among the journalists. Due to these changes, workers of press and communication offices assume more functions, so they become more polyvalent. But convergence does not create favorable conditions to a more virtual relation with journalists, who feel that these offices u...

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The Influence of the Internet on European Journalism

Cited by 63 publications

References 44 publications

A cross-regional comparison of selected European newspaper journalists and their evolving attitudes towards the internet - including a single-country focus on the UK

A cross-regional comparison of selected European newspaper journalists and their evolving attitudes towards the internet - including a single-country focus on the UK

Journalistic Tools of the Trade in Flanders

Convergence process in information sources: a view from press offices

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