Towards more balanced news access? A study on the impact of cost-cutting and Web 2.0 on the mediated public sphere:
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In this paper, the authors developed a quantitative and longitudinal content analysis focused on the impact of cost-cutting and digitalization on the expansion or contraction of the mediated public sphere, in order to assess the impact on the public sphere.Abstract:
In order to assess the impact of cost-cutting and digitalization on the expansion or contraction of the mediated public sphere, we developed a quantitative and longitudinal content analysis focused...read more
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Re-evaluating journalistic routines in a digital age: A review of research on the use of online sources:
TL;DR: How online sources have changed the journalist–source relationship regarding selection of sources as well as verification strategies is evaluated and how the use of online sources changes audience perceptions of news is discussed.
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Foreign reporting and sourcing practices in the network sphere: A quantitative content analysis of the Arab Spring in Belgian news media
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the diversity of sources in Belgian newspaper and TV news coverage of the grass roots uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and Syria in 2011 and found that when covering Syria, Belgian journalists relied more on on-the-ground, non-mainstream sources that circumvented the restricted information access by means of digital networks a...
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Foreign Reporting and Sourcing Practices in the Network Sphere
TL;DR: The quantitative content analysis shows how journalists under normal circumstances in their coverage of the street protests in Egypt and Tunisia still value traditional sourcing practices, and found that when covering Syria, Belgian journalists relied more on on-the-ground, non-mainstream sources that circumvented the restricted information access by means of digital networks and social media platforms.
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Seven Characteristics Defining Online News Formats
Einar Thorsen,Daniel Jackson +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the crucial question of sourcing practice in live blogs and found that while live blogs have become an established part of the news media ecology, corresponding research is still in its infancy.
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The Agency Makes the (Online) News World go Round: The Impact of News Agency Content on Print and Online News
TL;DR: The authors applied an automated approach to trace agency copy for an entire year (n = 119,452) in the major print and online news media articles ( n = 247,161) of the Dutch news landscape and found that particularly online news is highly dependent on agency content, with the agency being responsible for up to 75% of the online news articles.
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