Digital Journalism: Emerging Media and the Changing Horizons of Journalism

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Kevin Kawamoto
Rowman & Littlefield, 2003 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 189 pages
Today's journalists need a wide range of knowledge, technical skills, and digital savvy. In this innovative book, experts on digital journalism share their perspectives on what digital journalism is, where it came from, and where it may be going. Addressing some of the most important issues in new media and journalism, authors take on history, convergence, ethics, online media and politics, alternative digital sources of information, and cutting-edge technology, from multimedia web sites and 360-degree cameras to global satellite capabilities. Digital Journalism is a valuable resource for all journalism students and an intriguing read for anyone interested in the changing technology of news.
 

Contents

Digital Journalism Emerging Media and the Changing Horizons of Journalism
1
The History of Online Journalism
31
The Meanings and Implications of Convergence
57
New Technology and News Flows Journalism and Crisis Coverage
75
Digital Photojournalism
91
Satellites the Internet and Journalism
103
Social Movements and the Net Activist Journalism Goes Digital
113
Digital Government and an Informatics of Governing Remediating the Relationship between Citizens and their Government
123
Online Medical Communication among Peers The Net and Alternatives to Traditional Journalism
145
Conclusion
167
A Case Study and Exercise
177
Index
183
About the Contributors
187
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Kevin Kawamoto has taught courses in digital media and computer-mediated communication at the university level and is a former technology studies manager at The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center. He currently works in health communication at a Seattle hospital.