This theme should obviously always be on our mind during this course and I found a pretty interesting site that deals with it. Ourmedia.org gives users various tools on how to publish and perfect their styles of personal/citizen journalism. For all of you dealing with this topic in your paper, this could be a helpful site for seeing what tools people have at their disposal. It seems like a good jumping off point for people who want to be journalists in any arena. I found the section that dealt with how bloggers become good citizen journalists very interesting. Check it out.
http://ourmedia.org/learning-center/topic/citizen-journalism
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Furthering Blogs as Conversation
Something that differentiates blogs from traditional journalism is its conversational manner as a form of exchange between people. Bloggers can not only aggregate each other's articles, but they can respond by reposting, composing new entries, commenting, etc. This networked conversation is held together by hyperlinks, trackbacks, tags, and search engines.
I wanted to talk about another trend in the social element of blogging. Message boards for influential bloggers have begun to emerge as a classified, elite source of information to bring buzz to the blogosphere. Access is often limited and invitations are required. The users frequently orchestrate joint posts and conflicting opinions to generate conversation, drama, and page hits.
I first noticed this in a site dedicated to discussing rumors and speculation about Apple Inc. and its products. Users at ThinkSecret's forums (their main focus was news in a blog format, their message boards were less known) often managed their own Internet news source. In their own published work ThinkSecret user's would cite "informants" from the message boards. The site has since been taken down in an out-of-court decision with Apple, but what happened there has spread throughout the blogging environment in every niche market.
Now, message boards allow bloggers (mostly elite) to discuss and orchestrate content that relates to everything form political news to extreme sports to World of Warcraft. This further solidifies blogging as a form of journalistic conversation. After all, a great deal of articles are created out of a networked, threaded exchange online.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Citizen Journalism
Hello everyone I am finally blogging, my first blog yet so here it goes popping my blog cherry. I was thinking about citizen journalism and how much I have started to see more of it in morning news, the only time I usually have to watch T.V. I have had a couple of friends in the past who video taped the first ever tornado in my home town, both of them got paid and had their videos on the nightly news. As Allan talks about the tsunami’s and how several world news used citizen journalists videos shots who were vacationing on the tropical islands of the disaster it makes me realize its usefulness and its place within news.With that said I don’t think I am the only person to realize this change, in fact this video clip expresses how John Edwards a candidate took this to use during his campaign. http://youtube.com/watch?v=FI0BX-ecNeUI thought this clip was very interesting in terms of what we have talked about in class about politics and about the changing pace of news, and the use of blogs within this medium. This http://youtube.com/watch?v=xhD2Q6cRULs was another clip I found that I thought was pretty funny in terms of the way it framed "citizen journalists."
oh Legos the best toy ever's 50th Aniversary is today, just in case no one knew.
oh Legos the best toy ever's 50th Aniversary is today, just in case no one knew.
The Issue of Blogging
Through my research for the Paper Prospect I came across an article where Rupert Murdoch, the major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corp., commented on the subject of blogging. In an interview with Economist Magazine, Murdoch discusses the problem with newspapers and the appeal of blogs. "I believe too many of us editors and reporters are out of touch with our readers. No wonder that people, and in particular the young, are ditching their newspapers. [Today's teens, twenty- and thirty-somethings] don't want to rely on a god-like figure from above to tell them what's important, and they certainly don't want news presented as gospel." I thought that this might be a good source for everyone who is writing their paper on something to do with blogs or online media to look at. It is an unusual perspective from such a source. I also found this article which uses an except from the Economist article and expands on Murdoch's idea as a whole.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Hairspray
So I totally just had a random thought this morning and thought I'd post it on the blog for nobody to read or respond to...
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We all know the popular perception of Hillary Clinton -- cold, bitchy, mean, ice queen, etc. Clearly she's very intelligent, is part of the 2nd best political machine/family in our generation, and has the tools and experience to get her job done. But what's hard is that so many people have animosity against her, because of the aforementioned perceptions. The Clinton campaign clearly wants to disperse these notions and present Hillary in a more friendly light (their attempts are visible through many commercials, friendly youtube videos, and their lack of spin on the 'emotional moment.) But what would happen (I'll treat this as a little focus group) if they changed her hairstyle? Would that damage her image? Would that alter her band and hurt her campaign? Or could a hair down/ponytail Hillary be friendlier, nicer, warmer looking?
Many powerful women in politics have what I call the "rattlesnake" hair.
Nancy's isn't too bad, seen here with her cryptkeeper husband.
This picture of Hillary isn't terrible, but I know you know what I'm talking about. Maybe if she grew it out a little, added a scrunchy and a ponytail...would this help? I feel like a different hairstyle could go a long way towards changing her image.
Though I could be completely effing nuts.
~J
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We all know the popular perception of Hillary Clinton -- cold, bitchy, mean, ice queen, etc. Clearly she's very intelligent, is part of the 2nd best political machine/family in our generation, and has the tools and experience to get her job done. But what's hard is that so many people have animosity against her, because of the aforementioned perceptions. The Clinton campaign clearly wants to disperse these notions and present Hillary in a more friendly light (their attempts are visible through many commercials, friendly youtube videos, and their lack of spin on the 'emotional moment.) But what would happen (I'll treat this as a little focus group) if they changed her hairstyle? Would that damage her image? Would that alter her band and hurt her campaign? Or could a hair down/ponytail Hillary be friendlier, nicer, warmer looking?
Many powerful women in politics have what I call the "rattlesnake" hair.
Nancy's isn't too bad, seen here with her cryptkeeper husband.
This picture of Hillary isn't terrible, but I know you know what I'm talking about. Maybe if she grew it out a little, added a scrunchy and a ponytail...would this help? I feel like a different hairstyle could go a long way towards changing her image.
Though I could be completely effing nuts.
~J
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Kucinich - Thnks fr th Mmrs
Just a couple quick things in my head as the week comes to a close. It's Thursday night, 6p MDT -- And tomorrow Dennis Kucinich will be announcing his departure from the big for the Presidency. It makes me sad. He was the most honest, best candidate about there. But like Edwards, he'd have his work cut out for him in trying to advance policies that really would help our country because of a lack of cooperation from congress. Anyway, he's out. Why? Was it REALLY because he didn't have enough money? Or was it because the media didn't like him? I know I'm sort of the resident conspiracy theorist in any class I'm in, but I lean towards the idea that he's toast because the media didn't like him, and therefore didn't cover him. Or of course the more malevolent idea that the media just didn't care because they didn't see him having a shot (and didn't want him to.) Oh a fun example of the media controlling political outcomes yet again. (of course I could just be crazy -- I wouldn't actually rule that out.) ((Adrienne, you don't need to comment on that last part.))
Here's an interesting article in defense of covering campaigns as horse races.
~J
Here's an interesting article in defense of covering campaigns as horse races.
~J
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
I finally registered to vote
With so much of the media's coverage being of the presidential campaign, it is hard not to get involved in the 'race' in some form or another. No matter where I turn, I hear about the debates, or how Hillary cried, or how Obama and Hillary are fighting, or how Bill Clinton has gotten too involved, and all sorts of other stories. The stories are on the televison, they are on all the news websites, they cover the front page of the paper, and they are discussed on the radio. Now, more than ever, the media has forced me to pay attention to politics. Likewise, I feel that my fellow classmates and friends have become involved in the campaign as well.
The fact that the campaign is described as a 'race' or the 'fight' for the presidency, it involves fighting, rooting for your 'team', and joining with others to discuss these important topics. Not only is this a presidential race, it is something that has brought people together for a common goal, to get their candidate elected. Never before have I cared so much about politics until these past few months; and I have the media to thank for that. They have helped me to set my agenda, not forcefully but because everywhere I turn I can't help but hear about a candidate and the conflicts that are taking place. The way they describe it as a 'race' and a 'fight' makes it not only interesting to read, but extiting. I want to see who 'won' the debate last night or who thought of better comebacks when they were confronted by the other canditates. Even if I was not able to watch a debate the night before, I will look online or grab a newspaper the next morning to see who 'won' or who is leading the 'race'.
Schudson talks about this idea in his book 'The Sociology of News'. He says, "..journalists see politcal careers as more oriented to politics as a game than to politics as policy." (pg 92) He goes on to say, "The tendency of reporters to emphasize the game rather than the policy implications has increased over time..the plundge of journalism into the entertainment business, this is an old complaint." (pg 93)
This idea of turning politcs into a game and entertainment, I see more of a good thing than something to complain about. The fact that I find this eleciton entertaining and interesting has caused me to become involved with the process and even motivated me to finally register to vote. Turning 18 was great for me but not because I could register to vote. I had never taken interest in politics before and just because I turned 18 didn't make me become more involved. But now, two years later, this presidential race has engaged me and made me excited to vote. I wouldn't miss my chance to help change the future of my country. While I do see how some would be annoyed with the 'race' and 'entertainment' view the media has placed on the campaign, I believe that it has helped many who have never cared for politics to become involved. One just needs to be smart enough and aweare of the media's presence and do as much research on the candidates as possible. While they may read about a fight between Obama and Clinton on healthcare, it is their responsibility to not only know who won the 'fight' but WHY they won it and WHAT their position is on health care.
I am excited about politics for the first time in my life (along with many people my age) and I have the media to thank for that.
The fact that the campaign is described as a 'race' or the 'fight' for the presidency, it involves fighting, rooting for your 'team', and joining with others to discuss these important topics. Not only is this a presidential race, it is something that has brought people together for a common goal, to get their candidate elected. Never before have I cared so much about politics until these past few months; and I have the media to thank for that. They have helped me to set my agenda, not forcefully but because everywhere I turn I can't help but hear about a candidate and the conflicts that are taking place. The way they describe it as a 'race' and a 'fight' makes it not only interesting to read, but extiting. I want to see who 'won' the debate last night or who thought of better comebacks when they were confronted by the other canditates. Even if I was not able to watch a debate the night before, I will look online or grab a newspaper the next morning to see who 'won' or who is leading the 'race'.
Schudson talks about this idea in his book 'The Sociology of News'. He says, "..journalists see politcal careers as more oriented to politics as a game than to politics as policy." (pg 92) He goes on to say, "The tendency of reporters to emphasize the game rather than the policy implications has increased over time..the plundge of journalism into the entertainment business, this is an old complaint." (pg 93)
This idea of turning politcs into a game and entertainment, I see more of a good thing than something to complain about. The fact that I find this eleciton entertaining and interesting has caused me to become involved with the process and even motivated me to finally register to vote. Turning 18 was great for me but not because I could register to vote. I had never taken interest in politics before and just because I turned 18 didn't make me become more involved. But now, two years later, this presidential race has engaged me and made me excited to vote. I wouldn't miss my chance to help change the future of my country. While I do see how some would be annoyed with the 'race' and 'entertainment' view the media has placed on the campaign, I believe that it has helped many who have never cared for politics to become involved. One just needs to be smart enough and aweare of the media's presence and do as much research on the candidates as possible. While they may read about a fight between Obama and Clinton on healthcare, it is their responsibility to not only know who won the 'fight' but WHY they won it and WHAT their position is on health care.
I am excited about politics for the first time in my life (along with many people my age) and I have the media to thank for that.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Salon.com and New-Media Professional Journalism Culture
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Sunday, January 13, 2008
Advertising and the Media
I found Schudson's chapter "News in the Marketplace," on how corporations advertisements can affect or alter the news being published very intriguing. I knew that certain companies targeted certain publications because of their general audience but I had never really thought about the idea of the marketplace putting constraints on the what is or is not said in the media source. After reading about this I searched on the web to find out other ways and places that this has occurred. I found an intriguing article entitled How corporations still control the marketing conversation. It discusses how advertisements and their corporations are influencing news on the Internet, reaching from online news sites to bloggers to YouTube. The article reinforces what Schudson talked about, but looks into the way the lines between advertisements and the media are being blurring on the Internet. This blog, Should Corporations Control Online Communication, looks into a similar trend of the growing control of corporations.
The majority of newspapers and other news sources are interested in making the most plausible profit and since media sources get the majority of their profit from advertisements it is no wonder that the corporations would want a say in what they are associating themselves with. It would, however, be a pity if in the search for the almighty dollar we lost sight of our search for the truth.
The majority of newspapers and other news sources are interested in making the most plausible profit and since media sources get the majority of their profit from advertisements it is no wonder that the corporations would want a say in what they are associating themselves with. It would, however, be a pity if in the search for the almighty dollar we lost sight of our search for the truth.
BBC Balks at Idea of Citizen Journalists
I read this editorial post by the BBC's Peter Horrocks about the public response to the assasination of Benazir Bhutto. In this post, Horrocks includes the text of a speech he gave about the value of citizen journalism. His speech addressed how much attention should be given to the opinions of the citizens who care enough to post a response to a new story, quetioning if the audience's response is indicative of a public majority or just a minority opinion.
The background of the story is that the BBC opened a public forum just after Bhutto's assasination, but considered closing the forum because of what the BBC viewed as a vehement anti-Islam response. One reason given for suspending the public's access to the forum was that the BBC feared that the posts would represent the BBC's editorial line. He also said the real reason that the BBC was concerned with whether the comments had editorial value and how far they should alter the BBC's coverage, which he observed the answers to these two questions to be: "very little, and hardly at all.
What I found interesting - and what the Polis blog found - was that the BBC seemed to display a clear discomfort with the citizen journalists' contribution. In light of our reading, in which Schudson says that the problem with journalists and politicians being in the same microcosm is that they often determine what should be covered and ignore the publics interests/opinions, I wonder if this is an instance of just that - is the BBC reluctant to report on opinions of a highly political situation without the justification or legitimization of official sources? Do citizen journalists' opinions hold less value than political talking heads?
The background of the story is that the BBC opened a public forum just after Bhutto's assasination, but considered closing the forum because of what the BBC viewed as a vehement anti-Islam response. One reason given for suspending the public's access to the forum was that the BBC feared that the posts would represent the BBC's editorial line. He also said the real reason that the BBC was concerned with whether the comments had editorial value and how far they should alter the BBC's coverage, which he observed the answers to these two questions to be: "very little, and hardly at all.
What I found interesting - and what the Polis blog found - was that the BBC seemed to display a clear discomfort with the citizen journalists' contribution. In light of our reading, in which Schudson says that the problem with journalists and politicians being in the same microcosm is that they often determine what should be covered and ignore the publics interests/opinions, I wonder if this is an instance of just that - is the BBC reluctant to report on opinions of a highly political situation without the justification or legitimization of official sources? Do citizen journalists' opinions hold less value than political talking heads?
Friday, January 11, 2008
Discussion Q's for 1-14
Schudson Discussion Questions
1) What are some of the constraints the marketplace imposes on journalism?
2) What can be the benefits of commercialization of news media?
3) What’s pack journalism?
4) What’s the problem with journalists and politicians belonging to the same “microcosm.”
5) What does Kernell mean by “going public”—why did it happen and how did it change the presidency?
1) What are some of the constraints the marketplace imposes on journalism?
2) What can be the benefits of commercialization of news media?
3) What’s pack journalism?
4) What’s the problem with journalists and politicians belonging to the same “microcosm.”
5) What does Kernell mean by “going public”—why did it happen and how did it change the presidency?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
They <3 John McCain
In the wake of talking about media framing, especially in relation to politics and the current primary flurry, I found an interesting article on Alternet.org that goes along quite well with our topic of discussion.
You can go to the story here.
I feel it prudent to mention that I disagree with Schudson's characterization of media bias as simple framing, in our book. It's too simple for me; he glosses over a lot of the inherent biases present in reporting and fails to account for instructed bias. His treatment of these biases is fluffy, and glazed without giving appropriate weight to their consequences. It would be like saying that the tiger in California jumped from its cage because tigers have legs and occasionally like to jump.
But that's just me.
Many additional questions spring from the article, especially about the effects and consequences of allying oneself so tightly with the media. What happens if things backfire? How far are the boundaries of what you can and cannot do? Would this work for all candidates?
Clearly McCain gets what the article calls carte blanche to be an idiot, though nobody is calling McCain an idiot. Since we discussed in class the the media always wants to report the big story versus the mundane story, a candidate for POTUS constantly giving up close access can always create room for a big story, therefore getting more coverage, and I think we can all reason that the majority of that coverage would be positive.
So how do we fix this? The press clearly isn't saying McCain is the best choice, but they write nothing but positive fluff about the man. That kind of constant positive coverage, and especially more coverage, is unduly influential to the public. How could this be fixed?
You can go to the story here.
I feel it prudent to mention that I disagree with Schudson's characterization of media bias as simple framing, in our book. It's too simple for me; he glosses over a lot of the inherent biases present in reporting and fails to account for instructed bias. His treatment of these biases is fluffy, and glazed without giving appropriate weight to their consequences. It would be like saying that the tiger in California jumped from its cage because tigers have legs and occasionally like to jump.
But that's just me.
Many additional questions spring from the article, especially about the effects and consequences of allying oneself so tightly with the media. What happens if things backfire? How far are the boundaries of what you can and cannot do? Would this work for all candidates?
Clearly McCain gets what the article calls carte blanche to be an idiot, though nobody is calling McCain an idiot. Since we discussed in class the the media always wants to report the big story versus the mundane story, a candidate for POTUS constantly giving up close access can always create room for a big story, therefore getting more coverage, and I think we can all reason that the majority of that coverage would be positive.
So how do we fix this? The press clearly isn't saying McCain is the best choice, but they write nothing but positive fluff about the man. That kind of constant positive coverage, and especially more coverage, is unduly influential to the public. How could this be fixed?
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Discussion questions for Monday 1-7
Discussion questions Schudson 1-90
What are parajournalists and what is their relation to news?
What are the goals of the book?
What does Schudson mean when he says news making is a manufacturing process?
What is journalism?
What factors contribute to the distortion of news?
How are news policies political?
What are news frames? What are some of the factors that influence news frames? How does professionalism produce certain frames?
Why do reporters stick to the status quo?
On what basis does he critique Chomsky and Herman (or why is the US news media different that soviet propaganda?
What’s the critique from the right and why is it risky?
What is the public sphere and how was it influenced by the 19C. newspaper?
What does Benedict Anderson mean by imagined communities?
How did objectivity emerge as a central norm in US journalism?
How did Vietnam and Watergate permanently change the field?
What are parajournalists and what is their relation to news?
What are the goals of the book?
What does Schudson mean when he says news making is a manufacturing process?
What is journalism?
What factors contribute to the distortion of news?
How are news policies political?
What are news frames? What are some of the factors that influence news frames? How does professionalism produce certain frames?
Why do reporters stick to the status quo?
On what basis does he critique Chomsky and Herman (or why is the US news media different that soviet propaganda?
What’s the critique from the right and why is it risky?
What is the public sphere and how was it influenced by the 19C. newspaper?
What does Benedict Anderson mean by imagined communities?
How did objectivity emerge as a central norm in US journalism?
How did Vietnam and Watergate permanently change the field?
Read All About It
Please read this WSJ front-page story and search around online for blogger responses.
syllabus
NETWORKED JOURNALISM
DMST 3900
MCOM 3900
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
MW 2:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Mass Communications Building 113
Professor Adrienne Russell
adrienne.russell@du.edu
Office hours: Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 Sturm Hall 216 or by appointment
This course traces the shift that has taken place over the past 15 years from mass-mediated journalism to networked journalism, with emphasis on experiments in citizen and open-source news and the changing relationship between journalists and their publics. Students will critically assess some of the most controversial news coverage of the era—including coverage of the first Gulf War, the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and recent civil unrest in France—in order to analyze emerging news cultures and practices and their impact on the public and on democracy more generally.
BOOKS
Stuart Allan, Online News: Journalism And The Internet
Michael Schudson, Sociology Of News
BLOGS TO CHECK OUT
Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/
Cyersoc.com http://www.cybersoc.com/
PDA http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/
Wordblog http://www.wordblog.co.uk/
Polis http://www.charliebeckett.org/
SacredFacts http://www.sambrook.typepad.com/sacredfacts/
Virtual Economics http://virtualeconomics.typepad.com/virtualeconomics/
SimonWaldman.net http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/
Buzzmachine http://www.buzzmachine.com/
Pressthink http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/
SocialMedia http://www.socialmedia.biz/
Adrian Holovaty http://www.holovaty.com/blog/
Teaching online journalism http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/
First Draft http://www.timporter.com/firstdraft/
Journerdism http://www.journerdism.com/index.php
Robcurley http://www.robcurley.com/
Yelvington .com http://www.yelvington.com/
OJR http://www.ojr.org/
Romenesko http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45
Hypergene http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php
Online News Association http://journalists.org/2007conference/
ASSIGNMENTS/EXAM
Blog
You will receive an invitation via email to join our blog group. Please follow the directions in the email. This is not an extended discussion format as much as it is a graffiti wall and an ongoing exercise in collaborative linking. At least 4 times over the course of the quarter you should post a paragraph or two and links to something related to networked journalism. Please also use the blog to share research resources with each other.
Midterm
There will be one essay exam. You will be allowed to use any resources you like to inform your work, including classmates, the internet, books, articles, email exchanges with your parents, whatever. You must, however, use your own words to craft the answers to the questions and you must do so in the time allotted for the exam.
Paper Prospectus
The research prospectus should serve as an outline for your research paper. It should be 3-4 double-spaced pages and should include:
1) a clear statement of your research question;
2) a description of specifically what you are going to look at (ie, audiences/users/producers, media content, media institutions);
3) an outline of the theoretical and empirical literature that will inform your work;
4) a preliminary bibliography.
Final Paper
Choose networked journalism product, organization, idea, trend, or treatment of a particular story and evaluate it by comparing it to traditional newsmedia products and norms. Your paper should be between 10-15 double-spaced pages and should use either APA or MLA style of bibliographic reference. All papers must build on literature in the field and include a literature review.
SCHEDULE
W 1-2 Introduction
*bring a news story to next class meeting
M 1-7 Journalism Now and its Historical Roots
Schudson 1-90
W 1-9 The Problem of News
Schudson 90-114
M 1-14 Economics and Culture of News
Schudson 117-166
W 1-16 The People Formerly Known as the Audience: Rethinking the Public
Schudson 167-212
MLK Day no class
W 1-23 The People Formerly Known as the Audience: Rethinking the Public cont.
Jay Rosen’s The People Formerly Known as the Audience
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2006/06/27/ppl_frmr.html
Jay Rosen’s Top Ten Ideas of '04: News Turns from a Lecture to a Conversation
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2004/12/29/tp04_lctr.htmlM 1-21
Allan 1-52
M 1-28 Gulf War Coverage: 1991 vs today
Allan 99-120
Orville Schell’s intro to Michael Massig’s Now They Tell Us http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/1543/orville_schell_on_our_failed_press
W 1-30 Mainstream News Online
Mark Deuze’s Online Journalism http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/deuze/
Check out the following sites online: CNN, Al Jazeera, BBC, New York Times, Denver Post
Jay Rosen’s Bloggers vs. Journalists is over http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2005/01/21/berk_essy.html
M 2-4 A New Watchdog: Open Source and Participatory Journalism
Jay Rosen’s Introducing News Assignment.net http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2006/07/25/nadn_qa.html
Zack Exley’s Time to Get off the Bus http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zack-exley/time-to-get-off-the-bus_b_52738.html
We Media Intro., Forward, and Introduction to Participatory Journalism http://www.hypergene.net/wemedia/weblog.php
Also check out:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/off-the-bus/
http://english.ohmynews.com/
http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml
http://www.associatedcontent.com/
http://digg.com/
http://slashdot.org/
W 2-6 The A-list
Project prospectus due. Brief In-class presentations http://www.shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/world/europe/13italy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://video.on.nytimes.com/index.jsp?fr_story=61655113e906fb9d92d2d0a0b0a5bcba203e3568
Check out:
http://www.boingboing.net/
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/
http://www.beppegrillo.it/english.php
http://www.federatedmedia.net/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
http://www.buzzmachine.com/
M 2-11 no class
W 2-13 Midterm
M 2-18 Clinton/Lewinsky Scandal and the New Journalism Landscape
W 2-20 Journalistic Fraud and the Shifting Nature of “Truth”
M 2-25 The French Riots and Networked Global Media
W 2-27 Field trip to Denver Open Media
M 3-3 Final presentations
W 3-5 Final presentation
M 3-10 Final presentations
Last day of classes
DMST 3900
MCOM 3900
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
MW 2:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Mass Communications Building 113
Professor Adrienne Russell
adrienne.russell@du.edu
Office hours: Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 Sturm Hall 216 or by appointment
This course traces the shift that has taken place over the past 15 years from mass-mediated journalism to networked journalism, with emphasis on experiments in citizen and open-source news and the changing relationship between journalists and their publics. Students will critically assess some of the most controversial news coverage of the era—including coverage of the first Gulf War, the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and recent civil unrest in France—in order to analyze emerging news cultures and practices and their impact on the public and on democracy more generally.
BOOKS
Stuart Allan, Online News: Journalism And The Internet
Michael Schudson, Sociology Of News
BLOGS TO CHECK OUT
Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/
Cyersoc.com http://www.cybersoc.com/
PDA http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/
Wordblog http://www.wordblog.co.uk/
Polis http://www.charliebeckett.org/
SacredFacts http://www.sambrook.typepad.com/sacredfacts/
Virtual Economics http://virtualeconomics.typepad.com/virtualeconomics/
SimonWaldman.net http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/
Buzzmachine http://www.buzzmachine.com/
Pressthink http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/
SocialMedia http://www.socialmedia.biz/
Adrian Holovaty http://www.holovaty.com/blog/
Teaching online journalism http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/
First Draft http://www.timporter.com/firstdraft/
Journerdism http://www.journerdism.com/index.php
Robcurley http://www.robcurley.com/
Yelvington .com http://www.yelvington.com/
OJR http://www.ojr.org/
Romenesko http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45
Hypergene http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php
Online News Association http://journalists.org/2007conference/
ASSIGNMENTS/EXAM
Blog
You will receive an invitation via email to join our blog group. Please follow the directions in the email. This is not an extended discussion format as much as it is a graffiti wall and an ongoing exercise in collaborative linking. At least 4 times over the course of the quarter you should post a paragraph or two and links to something related to networked journalism. Please also use the blog to share research resources with each other.
Midterm
There will be one essay exam. You will be allowed to use any resources you like to inform your work, including classmates, the internet, books, articles, email exchanges with your parents, whatever. You must, however, use your own words to craft the answers to the questions and you must do so in the time allotted for the exam.
Paper Prospectus
The research prospectus should serve as an outline for your research paper. It should be 3-4 double-spaced pages and should include:
1) a clear statement of your research question;
2) a description of specifically what you are going to look at (ie, audiences/users/producers, media content, media institutions);
3) an outline of the theoretical and empirical literature that will inform your work;
4) a preliminary bibliography.
Final Paper
Choose networked journalism product, organization, idea, trend, or treatment of a particular story and evaluate it by comparing it to traditional newsmedia products and norms. Your paper should be between 10-15 double-spaced pages and should use either APA or MLA style of bibliographic reference. All papers must build on literature in the field and include a literature review.
SCHEDULE
W 1-2 Introduction
*bring a news story to next class meeting
M 1-7 Journalism Now and its Historical Roots
Schudson 1-90
W 1-9 The Problem of News
Schudson 90-114
M 1-14 Economics and Culture of News
Schudson 117-166
W 1-16 The People Formerly Known as the Audience: Rethinking the Public
Schudson 167-212
MLK Day no class
W 1-23 The People Formerly Known as the Audience: Rethinking the Public cont.
Jay Rosen’s The People Formerly Known as the Audience
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2006/06/27/ppl_frmr.html
Jay Rosen’s Top Ten Ideas of '04: News Turns from a Lecture to a Conversation
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2004/12/29/tp04_lctr.htmlM 1-21
Allan 1-52
M 1-28 Gulf War Coverage: 1991 vs today
Allan 99-120
Orville Schell’s intro to Michael Massig’s Now They Tell Us http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/1543/orville_schell_on_our_failed_press
W 1-30 Mainstream News Online
Mark Deuze’s Online Journalism http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/deuze/
Check out the following sites online: CNN, Al Jazeera, BBC, New York Times, Denver Post
Jay Rosen’s Bloggers vs. Journalists is over http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2005/01/21/berk_essy.html
M 2-4 A New Watchdog: Open Source and Participatory Journalism
Jay Rosen’s Introducing News Assignment.net http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2006/07/25/nadn_qa.html
Zack Exley’s Time to Get off the Bus http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zack-exley/time-to-get-off-the-bus_b_52738.html
We Media Intro., Forward, and Introduction to Participatory Journalism http://www.hypergene.net/wemedia/weblog.php
Also check out:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/off-the-bus/
http://english.ohmynews.com/
http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml
http://www.associatedcontent.com/
http://digg.com/
http://slashdot.org/
W 2-6 The A-list
Project prospectus due. Brief In-class presentations http://www.shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/world/europe/13italy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://video.on.nytimes.com/index.jsp?fr_story=61655113e906fb9d92d2d0a0b0a5bcba203e3568
Check out:
http://www.boingboing.net/
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/
http://www.beppegrillo.it/english.php
http://www.federatedmedia.net/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
http://www.buzzmachine.com/
M 2-11 no class
W 2-13 Midterm
M 2-18 Clinton/Lewinsky Scandal and the New Journalism Landscape
W 2-20 Journalistic Fraud and the Shifting Nature of “Truth”
M 2-25 The French Riots and Networked Global Media
W 2-27 Field trip to Denver Open Media
M 3-3 Final presentations
W 3-5 Final presentation
M 3-10 Final presentations
Last day of classes
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