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In today's interactive digital information environment, journalists lose the power to define what makes and shapes the news. Media outlets now maneouvre through a space characterised by continuous information flows, and share communication paths with new information providers in an online, alwa...

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Published in:Media international Australia incorporating Culture & policy 2012-08, Vol.144 (144), p.60-67
Main Author: Heinrich, Ansgard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Digital technology
Forecasts and trends
Information exchange
Information networks
Information technology
Internet
Internet and publishing
Journalism
Journalists
Media
Online social networks
Social aspects
Technology application
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Summary:In today's interactive digital information environment, journalists lose the power to define what makes and shapes the news. Media outlets now maneouvre through a space characterised by continuous information flows, and share communication paths with new information providers in an online, always-on environment. This article sketches this dynamic sphere and introduces the paradigm of ‘network journalism’. Structured around digital networks, the sphere of network journalism unravels evolving patterns of information production. The task for journalistic organisations now is to figure out how to include the many traditional and alternative information nodes in their everyday work. The loss of control over a formerly strictly regulated information-exchange sphere is viewed here as an opportunity for journalism to review its practices.
ISSN:1329-878X
2200-467X
DOI:10.1177/1329878X1214400110