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The Political J-Blogger: 'Normalizing' A New Media Form To Fit Old Norms And Practices, Jane Singer
The Political J-Blogger: 'Normalizing' A New Media Form To Fit Old Norms And Practices, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
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A Cross-Cultural Look At Serving The Public Interest: American And Israeli Journalists Consider Ethical Scenarios, Dan Berkowitz, Yehiel Limor, Jane Singer
A Cross-Cultural Look At Serving The Public Interest: American And Israeli Journalists Consider Ethical Scenarios, Dan Berkowitz, Yehiel Limor, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
This study explores how the social dimensions of a reporter’s world shape ethical decisions through parallel surveys of daily newspaper reporters in Israel and one Midwestern US state. Through regression analysis, we found that personal factors (gender, years of education) were not related to ethical decisions nor were professional factors (professional experience, professional membership, having studied journalism). In contrast, the social context element (country of practice) was relevant for two of three ethical situations. We also found that personal, professional and social dimensions varied in their utility to ethical decision-making from situation to situation. Considering a reporter’s ethical predisposition, this …
High-Tech Grass Roots: The Professionalization Of Local Elections, Jane Singer
High-Tech Grass Roots: The Professionalization Of Local Elections, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Reviews the 2003 book "High Tech Grass Roots" by J. Cherie Strachan
Strange Bedfellows? The Diffusion Of Convergence In Four News Organizations, Jane Singer
Strange Bedfellows? The Diffusion Of Convergence In Four News Organizations, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
This study examines newsroom convergence—a combination of technologies, products, staffs and geography among the previously distinct provinces of print, television and online media—through the framework of diffusion of innovations theory. Convergence is becoming a global trend as media companies continue to expand their holdings beyond their original core products. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data drawn from case studies of four US newsrooms, it is suggested that, despite culture clashes and other issues of compatibility, journalists see clear advantages in the new policy of convergence. Journalists perceive experience in a converged newsroom as a career booster, say they …
Digitizing The News: Innovation In Online Newspapers, Jane Singer
Digitizing The News: Innovation In Online Newspapers, Jane Singer
Jane B. Singer
Reviews the book "Digitizing the News" by Pablo Boczkowski
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