Journalism and New Media

by John Pavlik

Overview

Ubiquitous news, global information access, instantaneous reporting, interactivity, multimedia content, extreme customization: Journalism is undergoing the most fundamental transformation since the rise of the penny press in the nineteenth century. Here is a report from the front lines on the impact and implications for journalists and the public alike.

John Pavlik, executive director of the Center for New Media at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, argues that the new media can revitalize news gathering and reengage an increasingly distrustful and alienated citizenry. The book is a valuable reference on everything from organizing a new age newsroom to job hunting in the new media.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231502672
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	06/27/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

John V. Pavlik, a professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, is the author of New Media and the Information Superhighway and other books.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Seymour Topping
Introduction: Understanding the Impact of New Media on Journalism
Part I: Altering News Content
1. Transforming Storytelling: From Omnidirectional Imaging to Augmented Reality
2. Assessing the State of Online Journalism
Part II: Transforming How Journalists Do Their Work
3. New Tools for News Gathering
4. A Reporter's Field Guide to the Internet
5. Journalism Ethics and New Media
Part III: Restructuring the Newsroom and the News Industry
6. Newsroom for a New Age: Managing the Virtual Newsroom
7. Digital Television and Video News: A Crisis of Opportunity
Part IV: Redefining Relationships
8. Audiences Redefined, Boundaries Removed, Relationships Reinvented
9. Business Models for Online Journalism
Part V: Implications for the Future: The Telecommunications Act, Intelligent Agents, and Journalism Practice and Education
10. Long-Term Consequences of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: New Rules of the Game
11. Implications of Intelligent Agents for Journalism: Ghosts in the Machine
12. New Media and Journalism Education: Preparing the Next Generation
13. Job Prospects in Online Journalism
Afterword. Contextualized Journalism: Implications for the Evolving Role of Journalists in the Twenty-first Century

Editorial Reviews

Pavlik... briskly covers such devices as omnidirectional cameras and the complexities of digital reporting. He avoids the trap of being a mere enthusiast for every incoming gadget, and emphasizes emerging problems affecting privacy, accuracy, and editorial integrity.

Columbia Journalism Review

Pavlik covers a lot in this book, from non-linear storytelling to the perennial question of profitability for news sites... Pavlik is at his best when discussing the digital newsroom and the tools that journalists will use in the future. He also has a lengthy chapter on defining audiences—a question we're all asking these days.

Editor and Publisher

Pavlik... briskly covers such devices as omnidirectional cameras and the complexities of digital reporting. He avoids the trap of being a mere enthusiast for every incoming gadget, and emphasizes emerging problems affecting privacy, accuracy, and editorial integrity.

Columbia Journalism Review

An energetic, stimulating and optimistic look at 'the potential transformation of news content in a digital age.'... In the finest journalistic style, the author conveys a complex array of information in a clear, entertaining, and nontechnical manner that's sure to engage and please many readers.

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