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AR; How YouTube videos frame the discussions about them

What is the relationship between a video posted to YouTube, and the comments that the video receives? This is the question that Edgerly et al. pose in a recent article. This is an interesting question. On the one hand, there … Continue reading

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AR; Search engines and ontological security

“To be ontologically secure is to possess, on the level of the unconscious and practical consciousness, ‘answers’ to fundamental existential questions which all human life in some way addresses,” writes Giddens. What does Google have to do with this? Quite … Continue reading

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AR; Liquid news online

Online news are different: the forms they take, and the contents they deliver, have the capacity of constant change, partly under the influence of readers. There has been a lot of talk about the peculiar nature of online news; Michael … Continue reading

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AR; Wire agencies and PR

Looking at (online) news production from a perspective influenced by theories of political economy, Susan Forde and Jane Johnston show in a recent article “how wire agencies can become the de facto distributor of PR material.” It’s an interesting read … Continue reading

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AR; Candidate winnowing, and what the “Internet” is

Journalists, through their pre-selecting candidates in primaries, are a crucial part in election campaigns: the more they consider a candidate worthy of attention, the easier it will be for this candidate to raise funding. But the more funds a candidate … Continue reading

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AR; Social recommendation of news

Facebook and Twitter are become a “significant source of news for Canadians,” argues a paper very soon to be published in Journalism Studies (it’s already available on the web). This is perhaps not surprising- after all, a lot of news … Continue reading

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AR; Is internet news replacing newspapers?

…and how about TV and radio? According to Benjamin Gaskins and Jennifer Jerit, replacement is an existing phenomenon – but it is not (yet) so widespread as sometimes thought. Their findings are based on a US national sample, representative of … Continue reading

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AR; User-generated content and the news

When describing the “democracy-enhancing” nature of user-generated contributions (UGC) to online news sites, it is helpful to keep in mind the “political economy” of such content: UGC provision in mainstream media to a great extent addresses users-as-consumers and is part … Continue reading

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AR; Beyond the front page

Another paper from the latest Journalism Studies – from Helle Sjøvaag, Hallvard Moe and Eirik Stavelin -, discussing the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s (NRK) performance on the web: “NRK fails to fully utilize the unique potential of the web to facilitate … Continue reading

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AR; The myth of immediacy

One of the great advantages of online publications over their paper-based counterparts is their speed. Stories online can be published and updated immediately when something happens. Yet this theoretical immediacy of online news is “a myth, because it reflects only … Continue reading

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