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The News Triumvirate, Susan Forde, Jane Johnston Apr 2014

The News Triumvirate, Susan Forde, Jane Johnston

Jane Johnston

News agencies, or wire services, are playing a growing role in the contemporary news environment, primarily due to the prevalence of the 24/7 online newsroom and its associated need for speed and volumes of copy. At the same time press releases and other public relations-generated material daily flood the news environment. This paper builds on research into these two fields, trialling a new methodology—one which follows press releases and other public relations material through the uptake by news agencies, in particular the Australian Associated Press, and finally, as published stories in metropolitan online newspapers. While previous research has tracked press …


Early Judaic Ethics Applied To The Society Of Professional Journalist’S Decision On The Fate Of The Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award, Ginny Whitehouse, Lindsay Huffman Dec 2013

Early Judaic Ethics Applied To The Society Of Professional Journalist’S Decision On The Fate Of The Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award, Ginny Whitehouse, Lindsay Huffman

Ginny Whitehouse

No abstract provided.


Real-Life: Authentic Journalism Assessment, Student Motivation And Active Learning, Caroline Graham May 2013

Real-Life: Authentic Journalism Assessment, Student Motivation And Active Learning, Caroline Graham

Caroline Graham

There is a substantial body of literature detailing the advantages of experiential and authentic learning opportunities, and evidence that they are common within tertiary journalism education. However, research about practical journalism assessment is limited (Steel, Carmichael, Holmes, Kinse & Sanders, 2007). This paper uses Gulikers, Bastiaens and Kirscher's (2004) Five-Point Framework for Authentic Assessment to design a practical body of assessment for a Journalism Research Methods class. Although the level of support first-year journalism students required impacted on the fidelity of the exercise, students' reflections on the experience support scholars' claims that authentic and experiential assessment opportunities increase motivation and …


Journalism In A Pr World, Michael I. Niman Ph.D. Apr 2013

Journalism In A Pr World, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

Mike Niman discusses the future of journalism in a PR-dominated communication environment. In particular, he examines the migration of talent from journalism to the PR industry, the collapse of mainstream journalism and the role of an emergent alternative media as American journalism goes through metamorphosis from what it was to what it could become. Journalism is a social good that should equip people to understand and resist spin. Niman argues that mainstream American journalism, rather than rising to this challenge, has transparently succumbed to serving as an arm of the corporate PR industry, thus laying the groundwork for its own …


The Murderer's Salute: News Images Of Breivik's Defiance After Killing 77 In Oslo, Ginny Whitehouse Dec 2012

The Murderer's Salute: News Images Of Breivik's Defiance After Killing 77 In Oslo, Ginny Whitehouse

Ginny Whitehouse

The author discusses Anders Behring Breivik's massacre and murder cases in Oslo, Norway on July 22, 2011. The goals and plans of Breivik in committing the crime of killing 77 people are tackled. The author mentions that Breivik has been facing 21 years of imprisonment in Ila prison, within the site of a former Nazi concentration camp in Oslo.


Suppression Orders: Reskilling Journalists And The Judiciary, Mark Pearson, Caroline Graham Nov 2012

Suppression Orders: Reskilling Journalists And The Judiciary, Mark Pearson, Caroline Graham

Caroline Graham

Journalists, media organisations and industry bodies have long complained about the number of suppression orders issued in Australia each year and the inconsistency of approaches across the nation's nine jurisdictions. State and federal governments have recently taken steps towards developing a national notification system for supression orders, which would at least improve communication to media organisations about the order. Yet important problems still remain for journalists trying to cover court cases, including the widely varied approaches of judicial officers, financial constraints on media organisations which have previously appealed such orders and the inexperience of journalists with the process of objecting …


The New, Old Journalism: Narrative Writing In Contemporary Newspapers, Jane Johnston, Caroline Graham Nov 2012

The New, Old Journalism: Narrative Writing In Contemporary Newspapers, Jane Johnston, Caroline Graham

Caroline Graham

While there is a significant literature on the rise of narrative journalism in daily newspapers, mostly from the United States, few studies have investigated the breakdown of newswriting styles in the front end of the newspaper, with a specific focus on the use of narrative techniques. This study investigates the writing styles of two daily metropolitan print newspapers in order to provide some concrete data on narrative news reporting in Australia. In a sense, it responds to Mark Kramer's comment in 2000 that “no one has added up the reallocated column inches to quantify this change.” The research analyses 5000 …


The New, Old Journalism: Narrative Writing In Contemporary Newspapers, Jane Johnston, Caroline Graham Oct 2012

The New, Old Journalism: Narrative Writing In Contemporary Newspapers, Jane Johnston, Caroline Graham

Jane Johnston

While there is a significant literature on the rise of narrative journalism in daily newspapers, mostly from the United States, few studies have investigated the breakdown of newswriting styles in the front end of the newspaper, with a specific focus on the use of narrative techniques. This study investigates the writing styles of two daily metropolitan print newspapers in order to provide some concrete data on narrative news reporting in Australia. In a sense, it responds to Mark Kramer's comment in 2000 that “no one has added up the reallocated column inches to quantify this change.” The research analyses 5000 …


Recall And Recognition Of In-Game Advertising: Effects Of Environment, Ad Positioning And Difficulty, Koos Buijten, Claudia Pellengahr, Penny De Byl Oct 2012

Recall And Recognition Of In-Game Advertising: Effects Of Environment, Ad Positioning And Difficulty, Koos Buijten, Claudia Pellengahr, Penny De Byl

Penny de Byl

No abstract provided.


Multimedia Journalism As A Research Method - A New Approach, Mark Pearson, Roger Patching Sep 2012

Multimedia Journalism As A Research Method - A New Approach, Mark Pearson, Roger Patching

Roger Patching

Journalism has long been considered the subject of academic research rather than a research method in its own right (Hartely, 1995, p.27). Scholars have considered the use of both qualitative and quantitative academic methods in mainstream journalistic practice. Others have argued that major works of journalism should be accepted by the university and research sectors as the equivalent of academic research (Bacon, 2009). But only recently have some posited the notion that the journalistic combination of deadline-centred, source-based, document-sifting, interview-oriented, multi-tasking research could constitute a distinctive research method of value to academic researcher; particularly those focused on journalism theory and …


The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization Of Young Girls And What We Can Do About It, Meenakshi Durham Apr 2012

The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization Of Young Girls And What We Can Do About It, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.


Girls, Sexuality And The Media: Confronting The Lolita Effect., Meenakshi Durham Mar 2012

Girls, Sexuality And The Media: Confronting The Lolita Effect., Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.


Fantastic Bodies: Girls, Cosmetic Surgeries, And Cartesian, Meenakshi Durham Jul 2011

Fantastic Bodies: Girls, Cosmetic Surgeries, And Cartesian, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.


Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town”: The New York Times’, Meenakshi Durham Jul 2011

Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town”: The New York Times’, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.


Participatory Journalism In The East And The West: A Comparative Study Of The Performance Of Online News Media, Alice Lee Jun 2011

Participatory Journalism In The East And The West: A Comparative Study Of The Performance Of Online News Media, Alice Lee

Dr. LEE, Alice

When the Internet moves from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, online news media has a new face. This study puts forward a concept of “participatory open media code” to depict the new format of online news media in the new participatory media environment. In total 15 news sites in western countries and eastern countries were examined. The purpose of the study is to compare the performance of these sites and explore how participatory journalism has been practiced in different countries. In terms of overall performance, research results show that the US online news sites rank number one and the UK …


New Media Environment, Net Generation And Participatory Media Literacy Education, Alice Lee Apr 2011

New Media Environment, Net Generation And Participatory Media Literacy Education, Alice Lee

Dr. LEE, Alice

In Chinese: 新媒體環境、網絡世代與「參與式媒介素養教育。「浙江省媒介素養教育研究會學術會議」論文。二零一一年五月十四日,中國杭州。


Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates At Online Newspapers, Jane Singer, David Domingo, Ari Heinonen, Alfred Hermida Apr 2011

Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates At Online Newspapers, Jane Singer, David Domingo, Ari Heinonen, Alfred Hermida

Jane B. Singer

No abstract provided.


Body Matters, Meenakshi Durham Feb 2011

Body Matters, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

An essay is presented on genderscapes, the physical conditions of women's lives that challenge the notion of a virtual disembodied self in cyberspace as people focus on social networking, tweeting and texting. Hidden beneath cyberscapes are what the author terms genderscapes as more women are reportedly becoming victims of injustice including domestic violence, and women's bodies experiencing real pain. The author discusses materiality in terms of economics, social power and opportunity which lead to corporeality.


New Media For A New China, James Scotton Feb 2011

New Media For A New China, James Scotton

James Scotton

No abstract provided.


Body Matters, Meenakshi Durham Feb 2011

Body Matters, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

An essay is presented on genderscapes, the physical conditions of women's lives that challenge the notion of a virtual disembodied self in cyberspace as people focus on social networking, tweeting and texting. Hidden beneath cyberscapes are what the author terms genderscapes as more women are reportedly becoming victims of injustice including domestic violence, and women's bodies experiencing real pain. The author discusses materiality in terms of economics, social power and opportunity which lead to corporeality.


Media And Cultural Studies - Keyworks, Meenakshi Durham, Douglas Kellner Dec 2010

Media And Cultural Studies - Keyworks, Meenakshi Durham, Douglas Kellner

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

MA.: Blackwell Inc. [First edition published in 2001.] A revised edition was published in 2006. The new edition is a major revision, with new sections added on social networking and globalization and social movements, several new essays, and a completely rewritten introduction and section overviews.


The Socially Responsible Existentialist : A Normative Emphasis For Journalists In A New Media Environment, Jane Singer Dec 2010

The Socially Responsible Existentialist : A Normative Emphasis For Journalists In A New Media Environment, Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

No abstract provided.


The World News Prism, James Scotton, William Hachten Dec 2010

The World News Prism, James Scotton, William Hachten

James Scotton

No abstract provided.


Journalism Ethics In A Digital Network, Jane Singer Dec 2010

Journalism Ethics In A Digital Network, Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

No abstract provided.


Journalism And Digital Technologies, Jane Singer Dec 2010

Journalism And Digital Technologies, Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

No abstract provided.


Hong Kong’S Leftist Media 1950-1970, Alice Lee Dec 2010

Hong Kong’S Leftist Media 1950-1970, Alice Lee

Dr. LEE, Alice

No abstract provided.


Community Affairs Discussion Group, Loni Mckown Dec 2010

Community Affairs Discussion Group, Loni Mckown

Loni McKown

No abstract provided.


Newsgathering And Privacy: Expanding Ethics Codes To Reflect Change In The Digital Media Age, Ginny Whitehouse Dec 2010

Newsgathering And Privacy: Expanding Ethics Codes To Reflect Change In The Digital Media Age, Ginny Whitehouse

Ginny Whitehouse

Media ethics codes concerning privacy must be updated considering the ease with which information now can be gathered from social networks and disseminated widely. Existing codes allow for deception and privacy invasion in cases of overriding public need when no alternate means are available but do not adequately define what constitutes need or alternate means, or weigh in the harm such acts do to the public trust and the profession. Building on the ethics theories of Sissela Bok and Helen Nissenbaum, balancing tests can be developed under a mixed-rule deontology that confines online misrepresentation and exposing the private information of …


Tax The Rich, Michael I. Niman Ph.D. Dec 2010

Tax The Rich, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Media Literacy Education In The Age Of Web 2.0: Cultivating Multiple Thinking Skills, Alice Lee Oct 2010

Media Literacy Education In The Age Of Web 2.0: Cultivating Multiple Thinking Skills, Alice Lee

Dr. LEE, Alice

No abstract provided.