Networked

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Journalism, what happened? In the last decade, the industry and the profession have been rocked to the core. Newspapers as consumer product are as ripe for comic mocking and satire as are the techniques of the journalism profession. The contemporary death and life of journalism is the story of an historic cultural transition. We have lived through the end of the mass-media era and the beginning of the networked-media era. We took in news one way for a century and we simply don't do it like that anymore. Networked: A Contemporary History of News in Transition examines this moment in journalism, the conditions that brought it about and the characteristics that have shaped it and will shape its future. In crafting this sophisticated yet accessible study, new-media scholar Adrienne Russell draws on personal interviews with journalists and analysts at the center of the shift, examines innovative and revealing digital news projects, and underlines larger cultural changes that reflect the new news reality. Networked also examines emergent journalism practices that suggest the forces at work and the stakes involved in developments we have all experienced but, caught up in the rush of change, have had limited perspective to interpret.

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"In this concise overview, Russell complicates the 'narrative ofdecline' of traditional news journalism, and celebrates theneo-situationist 'détournements' of what she terms 'fake news'producers such as the Daily Show and the Yes Men." StevenPoole, The Guardian "Networked hits the mark...Russell has spoken to andlearned from those who are pioneering new journalism practices. Sheseeks to understand, not to damn. Networked is a great pieceof modern scholarship. It reveals much about new types of news andnew pathways to democratic engagement. It is an enriching andeloquent book by a writer with a sparkling style and an equallyeffervescent intellect, and I shall recommend it highly to mystudents and colleagues." TimesHigher Education "This short book will be an interesting read for journalists andnon-journalists alike, though possibly for different reasons. Mostjournalists will already have an opinion on the matter, so to themthe book will be useful to confirm opinion or sharpen arguments.For the rest, it is a good starting point for forming an opinion onthe future of journalism and the news." LSEBlog "This timely and thought-provoking book hands us the tools forunderstanding the key ways in which journalism is changing intoday's new media landscape. Combining careful theoretical andhistorical analysis with discussion of contemporary examples ofinnovative newsmaking, Russell presents a vision for how journalismcan not only survive but thrive in the digital age." Mizuko Ito, University of California "In this broad and probing examination of journalism as it haschanged in the last two decades, Adrienne Russell offers agenuinely original - and an intellectually enriching - account ofnew forms of news and new opportunities for democratic engagement.This book matters." Theodore L. Glasser, Stanford University
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