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Separate Spaces Discourse About The 2007 Scottish Elections On A National Newspaper Web Site, Jane Singer
Separate Spaces Discourse About The 2007 Scottish Elections On A National Newspaper Web Site, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
In May 2007, Scots voted into office a party and a political leader publicly committed to holding a referendum on independence from Great Britain within four years. This study analyzes nearly forty-eight hundred comments appended to stories on the scotsman.com Web site, offering one of the first detailed looks at user-generated content on a newspaper-affiliated Web site in the context of a national election. It explores the evolving nature of online political community and the ways in which newspapers are accommodating a networked environment in their political coverage, addressing issues of citizen and journalistic engagement within a communal space
Separation Within A Shared Space: Exploring The Political-Economic Factors Of Participatory Journalism, Jane Singer
Separation Within A Shared Space: Exploring The Political-Economic Factors Of Participatory Journalism, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Separation Within A Shared Space: Perceived Effects Of User-Generated Content On Newsroom Norms, Values And Routines, Jane Singer
Separation Within A Shared Space: Perceived Effects Of User-Generated Content On Newsroom Norms, Values And Routines, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Exploring The Political-Economic Factors Of Participatory Journalism: A First Look Into Self-Reports By Online Journalists And Editors In Ten Countries, Vujnovic, Jane Singer, Paulussen
Exploring The Political-Economic Factors Of Participatory Journalism: A First Look Into Self-Reports By Online Journalists And Editors In Ten Countries, Vujnovic, Jane Singer, Paulussen
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Roll Call: 2008 Campaign And Election Coverage On The Websites Of Leading U.S. Newspapers, Jane Singer
Roll Call: 2008 Campaign And Election Coverage On The Websites Of Leading U.S. Newspapers, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Interactive Ethics: Overlapping Norms Of Practitioners And The Public In A Shared Media Space, Jane Singer
Interactive Ethics: Overlapping Norms Of Practitioners And The Public In A Shared Media Space, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Quality Control: Perceptions About User-Generated Content Among Local British Newspaper Journalists, Jane Singer
Quality Control: Perceptions About User-Generated Content Among Local British Newspaper Journalists, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Convergence And Divergence, Jane Singer
User-Generated Content And Journalistic Values, Jane Singer, Ashman
User-Generated Content And Journalistic Values, Jane Singer, Ashman
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Participatory Journalism Practices In The Media And Beyond: An International Comparative Study Of Initiatives In Online Newspapers, David Domingo, Jane Singer
Participatory Journalism Practices In The Media And Beyond: An International Comparative Study Of Initiatives In Online Newspapers, David Domingo, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
No abstract provided.
Journalism In The Network, Jane Singer
"Comment Is Free, But Facts Are Sacred": User-Generated Content And Ethical Constructs At The Guardian, Jane Singer, Ian Ashman
"Comment Is Free, But Facts Are Sacred": User-Generated Content And Ethical Constructs At The Guardian, Jane Singer, Ian Ashman
Jane B. Singer
This case study examines how journalists at Britain’s Guardian newspaper and affiliated Web site are assessing and incorporating user-generated content in their perceptions and practices. A framework of existentialism helps highlight constructs and professional norms of interest. It is one of the first data-driven studies to explore how journalists are negotiating personal and social ethics within a digital network.
Ethnography, Jane Singer
Ethnography, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Many qualitative studies in journalism and mass communication research draw on ethnographic methods that originated in anthropology and sociology. These methods involve studying people within their own cultural environment through intensive fieldwork; they emphasize the subjects' frames of reference and understandings of the world. This article uses a comparison between journalism and ethnographic research as a framework for highlighting common problems with manuscripts using this method. It offers veteran ethnographers' tips about what they look for in a manuscript and identifies three ethnographies that are examples of successful application of the method to topics of interest to journal readers.
Role Call: 2008 Campaign And Election Coverage On The Web Sites Of Leading U.S. Newspapers., Jane Singer
Role Call: 2008 Campaign And Election Coverage On The Web Sites Of Leading U.S. Newspapers., Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
This study explores how Web sites affiliated with leading U.S. newspapers covered the 2008 campaign and election. It traces changes over a decade in which the Internet moved from the periphery to the center of political, public, and media attention. Although a 2004 study suggested online editors were rethinking their function as information gatekeepers, this study indicates a reassertion of traditional journalistic roles despite an increase in options for user input