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More Than Ink-Stained Wretches: The Resocialization Of Print Journalists In Converged Newsrooms, Jane Singer
More Than Ink-Stained Wretches: The Resocialization Of Print Journalists In Converged Newsrooms, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Newsroom experiments with convergence-a sharing of news staffs, technologies, products, and geography-disrupt not just the norms and routines of newspaper news work but, more profoundly, the professional socialization of print journalists and their perception of themselves as a distinctive kind of news worker. This article draws on case studies of four converged newsrooms to examine conceptual and sociological shifts among newspaper journalists. Findings suggest print journalists are undergoing resocialization to an expanded view of profrssionalism; ingrained habits and learned skills related to newsroom structure and storytelling norms are more resistant to change
Who Are These Guys? The Online Challenge To The Notion Of Journalistic Professionalism, Jane Singer
Who Are These Guys? The Online Challenge To The Notion Of Journalistic Professionalism, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
The people who claim membership in a profession and delineate its attributes do so at least in part to justify inequality of status, as well as to limit and control access to that status. The key role of the professional can be fulfilled only by people with particular training, skills and judgement, and it is crucial that the distinction between practitioner and layperson be clearly recognized by all parties. This article suggests that online news workers fundamentally challenge the already-disputed concept of journalists as professionals. It identifies and explores key aspects of that challenge across the cognitive, normative and evaluative …
Political And Civic Engagement, Jane Singer
Campaign Contributions: Online Newspaper Coverage Of Election 2000, Jane Singer
Campaign Contributions: Online Newspaper Coverage Of Election 2000, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Focuses on a study, which examined whether a similar normalization effect can be seen in online adaptations of the journalistic role in the political process. Significance of Web sites for journalists; Results of a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, which focused on the usage of the Internet during the 2000 election in the U.S.; Key attributes of the Web site that counter criticisms of traditional media coverage of campaigns and elections; Increase in the number of newspapers that offered sections of their Web sites to election coverage
Envisioning The Caucous Community: Online Newspaper Editors Conceptualize Their Political Roles, Jane Singer, Mirerza Gonzalez-Velez
Envisioning The Caucous Community: Online Newspaper Editors Conceptualize Their Political Roles, Jane Singer, Mirerza Gonzalez-Velez
Jane B. Singer
This article explores how local newspaper editors, as they move online and develop increasingly comprehensive and sophisticated Web sites, conceptualize the ways in which they might take advantage of the opportunities afforded by this new medium. To do so, it considers five caucus-specific sites in light of the notion of a potentially reinvigorated public sphere. The results suggest that despite the participatory nature of the medium, local newspapers' efforts to facilitate formation of an online democratic community remain tentative. Online editors recognize interactivity as a key attribute of the Web, but most are only just beginning to explore ways to …
Newsroom Convergence- Ready Or Not, Jane Singer
Who Are Those Guys? The Online Challenge To The Notion Of Journalistic Professionalism, Jane Singer
Who Are Those Guys? The Online Challenge To The Notion Of Journalistic Professionalism, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Social Dimensions Of Journalism Ethics Decisions: An International Comparative Study, Berkowitz, Limor, Jane Singer
Social Dimensions Of Journalism Ethics Decisions: An International Comparative Study, Berkowitz, Limor, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Online Communication: Linking Technology, Identity, And Culture, Jane Singer
Online Communication: Linking Technology, Identity, And Culture, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Reviews the book 'Online Communication: Linking Technology, Identity & Culture,' by Andrew E. Wood and Matthew J. Smith.
Information Trumps Interaction In Local Papers' Online Caucus Coverage, Jane Singer
Information Trumps Interaction In Local Papers' Online Caucus Coverage, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Presents an overview of a study on the impact of editors' view on the political role of online newspapers on local coverage of 2000 U.S. presidential campaigns in Iowa. Method used; Results of the study; Discussion
Exploring Social Dimensions Of Journalistic Ethics: An International Comparative Study, Berkowitz, Limor, Jane Singer
Exploring Social Dimensions Of Journalistic Ethics: An International Comparative Study, Berkowitz, Limor, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
The Metro Wide Web: Changes In Newspaper's Gatekeeping Role Online, Jane Singer
The Metro Wide Web: Changes In Newspaper's Gatekeeping Role Online, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Examines the print and online versions of selected Colorado newspapers by comparing the content of local and nonlocal news, sports and business in each version. Changes in the role of newspaper editors; Significance of local orientation in newspapers and its readers; Comparison of story total, location and staffing for each version.
Envisioning The Caucus Community: Newspapers Consider Their Online Role In The Kickoff To Campaign 2000, Jane Singer, Gonzalez-Valez
Envisioning The Caucus Community: Newspapers Consider Their Online Role In The Kickoff To Campaign 2000, Jane Singer, Gonzalez-Valez
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Interface Culture, Jane Singer
Interface Culture, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Reviews the book `Interface Culture' by Steven Johnson
Online Staffers: Superstars Or Second-Class Citizens?, Jane Singer, Martha Tharp
Online Staffers: Superstars Or Second-Class Citizens?, Jane Singer, Martha Tharp
Jane B. Singer
Online newspaper staffs remain small, with salaries and benefits roughly commensurate with those paid to print employees in comparable jobs. Online editors express concerns about the pressure to turn a profit, as well as about how they and their staffs are perceived by many of their print colleagues
Online Journalists: Foundations For Research Into Their Changing Roles, Jane Singer
Online Journalists: Foundations For Research Into Their Changing Roles, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Interactive media have grabbed the attention of communication researchers in the latter half of the 1990s, but the focus to date has been primarily on media audiences and their use of these new forms. This paper suggests four approaches that may help provide theory-based underpinnings in a different area: the study of journalists and the ways in which their roles and jobs are changing. The approaches are gate-keeping theory; diffusion of innovation theory; sociological perspectives, particularly those involving the sociology of news work; and a somewhat eclectic perspective that explores the idea of journalism as a potential force of cohesion …
Still Guarding The Gate? The Newspaper Journalist's Role In An On-Line World, Jane Singer
Still Guarding The Gate? The Newspaper Journalist's Role In An On-Line World, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
As more and more newspapers begin to deliver stories in electronic forms, journalists are re-examining their traditional roles in a world of exponentially expanding information. Most of the metro reporters and editors interviewed during a trio of USA case studies in the summer and early autumn of 1995 believe their function as gatekeepers remains vital, but they see it as being modified to encompass a need for interpretation and quality control. Their role becomes less about selecting stories for dissemination and more about bolstering the value of what they disseminate so that it rises to the crest of the information …
Changes And Consistencies: Newspaper Journalists Contemplate An Online Future, Jane Singer
Changes And Consistencies: Newspaper Journalists Contemplate An Online Future, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Explores the attitudes of metro reports and editors in the United States toward changes in the media through which they provide information to readers. Concerns about the way in which journalists are integrating these changes not only in their daily routines but also in their perceptions of their own roles, skills and values; Documentation of two related questions that guided this attitude assessment study
A New Front Line In The Battle For Readers? Online Coverage Of The 1996 Election By Denver's Competing Newspapers, Jane Singer
A New Front Line In The Battle For Readers? Online Coverage Of The 1996 Election By Denver's Competing Newspapers, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
The _Denver Post_ and _Rocky Mountain News_ have been fiercely at war for 100 years. In the fall of 1996, the two papers got their first shot at trying to outgun each other in online political coverage. This exploratory study analyzes the print and Web versions of the two papers during the campaign season to determine how they handled the opportunities and challenges of cyberspace; interviews with their online editors provide insight into why things were the way they were this time around.
The Revolutionary, The Traditionalist And The Realist, Jane Singer
The Revolutionary, The Traditionalist And The Realist, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Virtual Anonymity: Online Accountability And The Virtuous Virtual Journalist, Jane Singer
Virtual Anonymity: Online Accountability And The Virtuous Virtual Journalist, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Explores the ethical implications of concerns about anonymity and accountability in online communication, through a look at the discussion on the political bulletin boards offered by the online services, Prodigy and America Online, during the 1994 campaign season. Role of the journalist in the computer-mediated world; Findings concerning online anonymity
Attitudes Of Professors And Students About New Media Technology, Jane Singer, David Craig
Attitudes Of Professors And Students About New Media Technology, Jane Singer, David Craig
Jane B. Singer
Focuses on the attitudes of journalism and mass communication college teachers and students on the so-called new media technology in the United States. Selection of sample representatives using Q methodology; Identification of composite factors; Suggestions for greater benefits from understanding the journalism educators perceptions of modern technology.