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Articles tagged C. W. Anderson (26)

Joshua BentonMarch 23, 2020

These are the four waves of journalism studies over the past 20 years: the participatory, crisis, platforms, and populist eras

“The economic problem for journalism was not competition, in other words, but surveillance and monopoly.”

Lívia VieiraMarch 18, 2019

Is the business model for American national news “Trump plus rolling scandals”? And is that sustainable?

An interview with researcher C.W. Anderson: “You do have to wonder how long we can keep up before people have a nervous breakdown.”

C.W. Anderson and Pablo BoczkowskiJune 12, 2017

When certainties fade: The changing state of academic research into the changing world of news

“Nostalgia provides reassurance and self-gratification, but it is also intellectually and socially stultifying. It is time to move on, make sense of the present by learning from history, not by clinging to it, in order to help shape more productive futures.”

C.W. Anderson and Pablo BoczkowskiJune 12, 2017

De Watergate a las fake news: los nuevo futuros del periodismo

“La nostalgia, tanto en el periodismo como en la academia, no es productiva; el presente está maduro para reflexionar sobre el pasado como una vía para imaginar nuevos futuros”.

John WihbeyDecember 11, 2015

Investigating the network: The top 10 articles from the year in digital news and social media research

We sift through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here are 10 of the most interesting studies about social and digital media published in 2015.

Matt Carlson & Seth C. LewisApril 27, 2015

What are the boundaries of today’s journalism, and how is the rise of digital changing who defines them?

In a new book, a group of academics look at how the big defining questions of the field — what is journalism? who is a journalist? who decides? — are changing.

John WihbeySeptember 11, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: The realities of citizen journalism, and new possibilities for transparency

How “bridging elites” help on Twitter, perceptions of news by a skeptical public, and Wikipedia pages as newsmaking destinations: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

John WihbeyNovember 27, 2013

What’s New in Digital Scholarship: Gendered sourcing on Twitter and the allure of following the crowd

Moving from swing states to swing individuals, how your CMS affects your journalism, and the efficacy of digital activism: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

Mark CoddingtonSeptember 24, 2013

Rethinking shoe leather and professional boundaries in reporting — and academia

In a new study, academic and Nieman Lab contributor Mark Coddington looks at how journalists defined their work in response to WikiLeaks — what made them different from Julian Assange.

John WihbeyAugust 30, 2013

What’s New in Digital Scholarship: Reporters ignoring technology, the continuing power of print, and booze on Facebook

Missed mobile opportunities, measuring Craigslist’s impact, and bringing an open source philosophy to journalism : all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

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