News on the Internet Information and Citizenship in the 21st Century |
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Author:
| Tewksbury, David Rittenberg, Jason |
Series title: | Oxford Studies in Digital Politics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-987506-1 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $133.65 |
Book Description:
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Media has always played an intermediary role in the way that citizens receive and process news, but, with the speed of information transmission, the segmentation of news sources, and the rise of citizen journalism, issues of authority, audience, and even the definition of "news" have shifted and become blurred. News on the Internet synthesizes research on developing and current patterns of online news provision with the literature on traditional, offline media to create a conceptual...
More DescriptionMedia has always played an intermediary role in the way that citizens receive and process news, but, with the speed of information transmission, the segmentation of news sources, and the rise of citizen journalism, issues of authority, audience, and even the definition of "news" have shifted and become blurred. News on the Internet synthesizes research on developing and current patterns of online news provision with the literature on traditional, offline media to create a conceptual map for understanding the way that public affairs and news are presented and consumed on the internet.