"How can we explain the multiple uses that media organizations make of media technologies across the world? This paper proposes a hybrid conceptual framework that synthesizes ideas from the sociology of knowledge approach to discourse with science & technology studies concepts (i.e., script and tech
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nological frame) in order to emphasize the importance of policy and organizational discourses in shaping multiple uses of media technologies by media organizations. We apply the conceptual framework to study the case of Mídia NINJA, a Brazilian alternative media that gained popularity due to its innovative coverage of the 2013 riots in the country through collaborative practices and digital media technologies. Based on interviews and participant observation, we found that policy discourses to change the media structure influenced in time the discourse and practices of this alternative media in Brazil, leading to new uses of digital media technologies unintended by its designers. Thereby illustrating the importance of discourses to shape within certain boundaries the multiple uses of media technologies." (Abstract)
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"Die fünfte Auflage des Handbuchs liefert Tipps und praktische Anleitungen zum Texten für Internet und Intranet, zu Bewegtbild und Podcast, Sozialen Netzwerken und Communitys, Formen und Formaten des Mediums sowie zu den Abläufen im Content-Management. Wie wird man Online-Journalist? Wo arbeiten
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Online-Journalisten? Was müssen sie beherrschen: an journalistischem Handwerk, an Internet-Kenntnissen, an Online-Recht? Wie textet man Teaser? Wie bindet man Useraktivitäten ein? Welche Rolle spielen Audio und Video im Rahmen des crossmedialen Webangebots? Wie sorgt man dafür, dass der Content auch gefunden wird (Suchmaschinenoptimierung)?" (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"La publicación se divide en dos grandes bloques. Por un lado, se han reunido un total de 28 ensayos elaborados por periodistas, docentes e investigadores de diferentes medios y universidades de Iberoamérica. Cada uno de ellos reflexiona sobre dos conceptos: tecnología y comunicación. Y cada uno
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de ellos lo hace con total libertad y desde perspectivas y enfoques tan diferentes como complementarios. La variedad de perfiles, por un lado, y la riqueza de “miradas”, por otro, han permitido confeccionar un rico caleidoscopio que invita a pensar y a repensar el encuentro –para muchos–, la colisión –para algunos– y el desencuentro –para otros– de la tecnología en el escenario comunicativo. Por otro lado, en una segunda parte, la obra presenta un total de 60 herramientas clasificadas en cinco grandes apartados: Buscar, Analizar, Escribir, Visualizar y, finalmente, Colaborar y organizar. Este trabajo es el resultado de una minuciosa búsqueda y un detallado análisis a cargo de un grupo de estudiantes –de diferentes procedencias y perfiles– que durante meses han escudriñado la Red en busca de los recursos, las plataformas y los instrumentos que podrían integrar un hipótetico (y siempre inacabado) directorio para comunicadores digitales." (Presentación, página 3)
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"The Social Media Journalist Handbook teaches readers how to be a real-world social media journalist, tracing the evolution of the field to its current-day practice. This book establishes social media journalism as the latest and one of the most effective ways to practice journalism in the 21st cent
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ury. It features insights from top recruiters, editors, and senior producers working in the field, as well exercises that aid readers in developing the practical skills necessary to work successfully with social media. Readers will come away from the book with the knowledge to build strong social media strategies across different budgets, employing evergreen principles that work for different, ever-changing platforms. They'll learn how to reach and engage with the maximum number of people, as well as find sources, raise one's profile, conduct research, and produce stories." (Publisher description)
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"Die Vernetzung unseres Alltags schreitet immer schneller voran: Ist das Smartphone für viele zum unverzichtbaren Begleiter geworden, geht der Trend längst zum "Internet der Dinge", das etwa mittels Sprachassistenten den Menschen nicht nur unterstützt, sondern mitsamt seiner Umgebung unablässig
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vermisst und berechnet. Die Ursprünge einer solch hoch technisierten Gesellschaft reichen weit zurück, wie dieser Band anhand von 30 Objekten der Vernetzung veranschaulicht. Exemplarisch zeigen so unterschiedliche "Netz-Dinge" wie das Telegrafenkabel, die Chiffriermaschine Enigma oder die Datenbrille, wie Phänomene der Beschleunigung, Berechenbarkeit und Allgegenwärtigkeit im Laufe der Technikgeschichte immer wirkmächtiger wurden. Gleichzeitig rückt die Beziehung von Mensch und Technik, und damit die gesellschaftliche und politische Ebene, in den Mittelpunkt: So wirft eine smarte Toilette die Frage nach allumfassender Kontrolle ebenso auf, wie etwa Bloggerhandtasche und Büchsenantenne von der Selbstermächtigung des Einzelnen und neuen Beteiligungsmöglichkeiten angesichts technischen Fortschritts zeugen. Die gezeigten Objekte stammen aus der Ausstellung "Das Netz. Menschen, Kable, Datenströme" des Deutschen Technikmuseums in Berlin." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Das Buch gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Arbeit des Fernsehjournalisten. Die Grundlagen in den verschiedenen Bereichen werden vermittelt. »Fernsehjournalismus« beginnt mit dem filmischen Erzählen und einer passenden Dramaturgie. Als Rohstoffe und Werkzeuge hat der Fernsehjournalist d
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as bewegte Bild, den Ton und seinen Text zur Verfügung. Sie greifen ineinander, ergänzen sich – ohne sich gegenseitig zu dominieren. Diese Balance verlangt Fingerspitzengefühl, das in diesem Buch vermittelt wird. Angefangen bei der Idee über die Recherche, die Drehplanung, die Dreharbeiten bis zur Montage am Schnittplatz und der Tonmischung – das Buch erläutert den gesamten gestalterischen Prozess der Filmproduktion im TV. Dabei geht es auch um einen wichtigen Punkt: rechtliche Fragen. Die gewinnen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Der Fernsehjournalist wird tagtäglich mit ihnen konfrontiert." (Einleitung, Seite 9)
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"This cutting-edge text offers a particular focus on developments in digital media technologies and their implications for all aspects of the working practices of journalists and the academic field of journalism studies, as well as the structures, funding and products of the journalism industries. A
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selection of entries include the topics: Artificial intelligence; Citizen journalism; Clickbait; Drone journalism; Fake news; Hyperlocal journalism; Native advertising; News bots; Non-profit journalism; User comment threads; Viral news; WikiLeaks." (Publisher description)
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"Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, wie etablierte Medienunternehmen und journalistische Neugründungen in Deutschland nutzerseitige Zahlungsbereitschaft für digitaljournalistische Inhalte besser identifizieren, fördern und abschöpfen können. Auf Grundlage einer für die deutsche Online-Bevölke
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rung repräsentativen Befragung mit rund 6.000 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern und acht vertiefenden Gruppendiskussionen gelangt die Studie zu folgenden Kernergebnissen: 1. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer zahlen am liebsten für „harten“ Journalismus [...] 2. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer wünschen sich Orientierungshilfe im Inhalte-Dschungel [...] 3. Digitaler Journalismus wird (immer noch) häufig als „Katze im Sack“ wahrgenommen [...] 4. Digitaler Journalismus ist Nutzerinnen und Nutzern zu teuer [...] 5. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sollten in der Lage sein, vertrauenswürdigen und demokratisch wertvollen Journalismus erkennen zu können." (Executive Summary: Kernergebnisse)
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"This report focuses on how digital-born news media navigate audience engagement in the context of both rapid developments in a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment and significant political pressure, including the ‘weaponisation’ of social media to target and harass indepen
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dent news organisations and individual journalists, along with their audiences. It is based on analysis of data from Participatory Action Research, including fieldwork and interviews at three news organisations in the process of actively redefining audience engagement. They are Rappler (the Philippines), Daily Maverick (South Africa), and The Quint (India) – all commercial news organisations of the Global South, whose public interest journalism has been recognised with top international industry awards. We show how these outlets, two of which – Rappler and The Quint – relied heavily on social media for distribution and audience engagement at the outset, are now faced with the risks accompanying open and social journalism at-scale, including the ‘weaponisation’ of online communities by political actors, and the frequently changing priorities of the platforms. We find that, in response to political attacks, and the risks associated with various forms of what we’re calling platform capture’, these news organisations are evolving, and are increasingly focused on forging deeper, narrower, and stronger relationships with audiences, emphasising physical encounters, investment in niche audiences over empty reach, and moving communities to action." (Publisher description)
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"This report examines how digital-born news media in the Global South have developed innovative reporting and storytelling practices in response to growing disinformation problems. Based on field observation and interviews at Rappler in the Philippines, Daily Maverick in South Africa, and The Quint
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in India, we show that all three organisations combine a clear sense of mission and a commitment to core journalistic values with an active effort to find new ways of identifying and countering disinformation, based on a combination of investigative journalism fact-checking, data and social network analysis, and sometimes strategic collaboration with both audiences and platform companies. In the process, each of these organisations are developing new capacities and skills, sharing them across the newsroom, differentiating themselves from their competitors, and potentially increasing their long-term sustainability, in ways we believe other news media worldwide could learn from. All three case organisations we examine here are digital-born, mobile-first (or in the process of becoming so), and at least in part enabled by social media in terms of audience development and reach. While smaller than their most important legacy media competitors, all have built significant online audiences across their websites and social media channels. They represent a strategic sample of leading digital-born commercial news media operating with limited resources in challenging media, political, and press freedom environments in the Global South." (Publisher description)
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"Queremos entender la comunicación y el acceso a la información como medios para la conquista de otros derechos. Hay innumerables rutas que podríamos tomar para llegar a este destino; la elegida acá es la que entiende la comunicación como un ecosistema complejo que debe estar imbricado en la co
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ncepción, ejecución y retroalimentación de las políticas públicas. Piense en una política pública cualquiera. En una democracia, ¿cuál es el momento T0 de esta política pública? La respuesta es el proceso electoral. Es allí donde la sociedad decide cuáles propuestas quiere ver implementadas y cuáles no. ¿Hay comunicación en esta etapa? ¿Y el momento T1? Una vez electos, los tomadores de decisiones deben empezar el proceso de planificación de las políticas que van a implementar. De nuevo, ¿está presente la comunicación aquí? Y continuemos… T2: aprobación legislativa. T3: implementación/ejecución. T4: monitoreo y evaluación. T5: retroalimentación y reinicio del ciclo electoral. En cada una de las etapas del diseño e implementación de una política pública cualquiera, hay palabras clave presentes: información, participación, diálogo, empoderamiento, mitigación de riesgos, corrección de rumbos, rendición de cuentas… En todos estos quehaceres hay robustos aspectos comunicativos y de acceso a la información. A estas alturas, usted, lector juicioso, se estará preguntando: ¿por qué todo este esfuerzo para subrayar lo obvio? Y es aquí donde reside el segundo pilar de esta caja de herramientas y estrategias: aunque parezca evidente, la comunicación, comprendida en su complejidad, diversidad y amplitud, debe estar incorporada en la ruta integral de las políticas públicas; cambiar este escenario es central para la eficiencia misma de las políticas que buscamos implementar." (Introducción, página 8-9)
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"For media organisations and broadcasters, blogs and other forms of online speech are fast becoming the most important forms of communication with audiences. To maintain the quality and consistency of your brand, any staff member who communicates officially on behalf of your organisation in any soci
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al media forum or platform or posts on any of your pages, should be sure to comply with the following: Be respectful of the audience. If you would not put it on air or have it printed on the front page, then do not post it online; employees who post content on behalf of their organisation or as part of their jobs must always identify themselves; anyone posting on an organisation’s social media sites or any other official social media pages must uphold the values and mission of the organisation and should coordinate with their manager; do not pick arguments online and do be the first to correct your own mistakes, and don’t alter previous posts without indicating or evidencing that you have done so; always add value. Provide information that is worthwhile. Your brand is an important asset. Whatever you publish will affect your brand; one needs to be ethical and responsible in social media interactions. (Reflect what the company you work for expects of you.); market your brand: Post about the organisation or relevant content, news and programs; engage the audience and their responses professionally, avoid emotional attachment at all times; trust is built on credibility. Verify anything you post for accuracy; always seek guidance on legal related matters." (Best practices, page 4)
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"The Routledge Handbook of Developments in Digital Journalism Studies offers a unique and authoritative collection of essays which report on, and address, the significant issues and focal debates shaping the innovative field of digital journalism studies. In the short time this field has grown, aspe
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cts of journalism have moved from the digital niche to the digital mainstay and digital innovations have been 'normalized' into everyday journalistic practice. These cycles of disruption and normalization support this book's central claim that we are witnessing the emergence of digital journalism studies as a discrete academic field. Essays bring together the research and reflections of internationally distinguished academics, journalists, teachers, and researchers, to help make sense of a re-conceptualized journalism and its effects on journalism's products, processes, resources, and the relationship between journalists and their audiences. The handbook also discusses the complexities and challenges in studying digital journalism and shines light on previously unexplored areas of inquiry such as aspects of digital resistance, protest and minority voices." (Publisher description)
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"This introductory essay sets the stage for this special issue, which explores how online media has changed the Arabian Gulf region's politics, economies, and social norms. It provides an overview of the most important themes, arguments, and findings tackled in the four essays in this issue, as well
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as the intersections, overlaps, and divergences emerging from, and between, them. In doing so, it explains how the similarities and differences, as well as the most significant underlying themes, emerging from these four essays further our understanding of the online public sphere in the Gulf region as a space for contestation, creativity, and change. This introductory essay identifies three important, and overlapping, themes found in this special issue: techno-euphoria, cyberwars, and the public sphere. It concludes by proposing possible next steps and future research on the important, yet understudied, links between the online public sphere and the sociopolitical environment of the Gulf." (Abstract)
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" Given the breadth and scope of India's media, there is little meaningful literature available about journalism practices. This book brings together contribution from 21 Indian and global scholars and journalists to write informatively and critically about Indian journalism today. The contributors
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in this volume focus on the changes in journalism practices within the context of India's long journalism history, socio-economic conditions of the Indian state, and minority politics. The volume is divided into four different sections, each addressing one relevant aspect: history and evolving changes, social media, e-journalism, marginalization, pedagogy, ethics, and public sphere. Underlying the chapters is a focus on how to address and analyze the enormity and precipitous changes taking place in Indian journalism, media technology, and global relations." (Publisher description)
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"Esta obra colectiva de 25 capítulos cuenta con la visión de más de 60 expertos de la comunicación digital de cinco países y está avalada por grupos de investigación de universidades de primer nivel, así como de resultados de proyectos de investigación europeos e iberoamericanos. Asistimos
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a un replanteamiento de las bases del periodismo, de la gestión y transmisión de la información, de los formatos y géneros con los cuales se puede contar, incluso de cómo se hacen las noticias o de quiénes las cuentan; a la vez de explorar los fenómenos más actuales de la comunicación como la posverdad, las fake news, el storytelling, los influencers, la gamificación, el machine-learning y el big data, entre otros." (Cubierta del libro)
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"The growing influence of social media on journalistic work has attracted scholarly attention worldwide in recent years. However, due to cultural and language barriers, we lack comprehensive understanding of the journalist social media practice in non-Western countries. To help fill this gap, this s
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tudy offers a review and synthesis of existing scholarship on journalist social media practice in China. The authors systematically analyzed recent research studies published in both English-language journals in the West and Chinese-language journals in Mainland China. Drawing on Bourdieu’s field theory, the synthesis provided a comprehensive review of the patterns of practice as well as key tensions that social media use helped amplify and with which Chinese journalists had to contend." (Abstract)
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"This study reveals that news briefs are the most commonly found type of pieces published in the emerging Syrian media sector. Together, news briefs, news reports and feature stories constitute 90 percent of what was published during the monitoring period. Investigative reports were very rare. News
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briefs were not only the most common in news agencies and electronic newspapers but also in a large number of online and print magazines. Military and field developments as well as political issues were the most frequent topics that the Syrian media covered. Services and infrastructure, social, and rights-related topics had limited coverage in the Syrian media during the monitoring period. The issue of refugees also had limited coverage in the articles and reports published by the Syrian media during the monitoring period. One of the main structural weaknesses in Syrian media outlets is the very low number of sources that are citied in news briefs, news reports and feature stories – the overall average number of sources was less than one per article." (Findings and recommendations, page 43)
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