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Author Simpson, Edgar

Title News, Public Affairs, and the Public Sphere in a Digital Nation : Rise of the Audience
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (274 pages)
Contents News, Public Affairs, And The Public Sphere In A Digital Nation; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Rise of the Audience; 2 The Shifting News Landscape; 3 Pixels, Posts, and Producers; 4 Building Their Own Narrative; 5 The Mean Sphere and The Empty Sphere; 6 #chardonshooting: the Inverted Sphere; 7 Citizens and Journalism; 8 Journalism; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary Reporting makes a significant difference not just in the amount of public affairs information available to a community, but also in the amount and type of conversations about self-governance that take place in the digital world. Simpson argues that without daily professional journalism, the audience is forced to craft their own news feeds, often resulting in conversations without foundation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index
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Subject Citizen journalism -- Political aspects -- United States
Citizen journalism -- Social aspects -- United States
Online journalism -- Political aspects -- United States
Online journalism -- Social aspects -- United States
Journalism -- Technological innovations -- United States
Social media -- United States
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
Journalism -- Technological innovations
Online journalism -- Political aspects
Social media
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780739190166
0739190164
9780739190159
0739190156