Online journalism, especially in the form of convergence, creates many tensions for practitioners. There is a wariness of the new medium. This wariness possibly stems from loss of control over the message and unfamiliar technology. In my experience at various broadcast stations, the website is usually an added duty for journalists. There are not any [...]
The democratization of information dissemination is a recurrent trend in new media research. The Internet is heralded for its near unlimited access for content creators. However, this promise has yet to be fulfilled. Social movements are one element of society that can gain substantially from the Internet. Unfettered access, publishing speed, multimedia production, and interactivity [...]
Silverstone (2005) describes mediation as the means by which communication alters the construction social and cultural environments. This could further be taken to mean that social and cultural spheres are created through mediation. Or that the means of mediation create social and cultural spheres. Spheres in the sense could mean a place. This is not [...]
New media technology is shifting the traditional roles of content creator (sender) and audience (receiver). The audience is taking on a more active role in controlling the content it wishes to receive and is becoming the content generator in some instances. The low start-up costs of new media and increased accessibility are allowing for these [...]
Some of the primary concerns to new media practitioners involve audience engagement and the uses of information. New media offer greater speed and more flexibility for message delivery. Some research has even said that the Internet is surpassing traditional media in some demographics. Recent conventional wisdom has said that younger demographics have moved television to [...]
