Digital media and reporting conflict : blogging and the BBC's coverage of war and terrorism

Daniel Bennett

This book explores the impact of new forms of online reporting on the BBC's coverage of war and terrorism. Informed by the views of over 100 BBC staff at all levels of the corporation, Bennett captures journalists' shifting attitudes towards blogs and internet sources used to cover wars and other conflicts. He argues that the BBC's practices and values are fundamentally evolving in response to the challenges of immediate digital publication. Ongoing challenges for journalism in the online media environment are identified: maintaining impartiality in the face of calls for more open personal

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Bennett, Daniel
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Terrorismus \| Terrorism \| Digitale Medien \| Digital media \| Social Web \| Social web \| Welt \| World \| Öffentlichkeitsarbeit \| Public relations \| Web 2.0-Technologien \| Web 2.0 technologies \| Großbritannien \| United Kingdom \| Mediensektor \| Media industries \| Journalismus \| Internet \| Weblog \| Kriegsberichterstattung \| British Broadcasting Corporation

Extent:	Online-Ressource (292 p)
Series:	Routledge Research in Journalism Routledge Research in Journalism Ser. ; v.6
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Impact of Blogging on the BBC'sCoverage of War and Terrorism; PART I; 1 The 'War and Terror' Blogosphere; PART II; 2 Blogs: 'Rumour, Prejudice and Gossip' or 'Standard' BBC Source?; 3 Reporting Conflict from News Needles in Digital Haystacks; 4 Information Overload, the 24/7 News Cycle andthe Turn to Twitter; PART III; 5 'Outside the BBC Universe?' Blogging at the BBC; 6 'Can You Teach Granddad How to Dance?' Involvingthe Audience on BBC Programme Blogs; PART IV 7 'Live Blogging' Terror: The BBC's Coverageof the Attacks on Mumbai8 Reporting Conflict: War in Gaza and the Limitsof the News Revolution; Conclusion: The Two Faces of Janus-The Future of Journalism; Appendix A: Code Book for Content Analysis of BBC's Mumbai Live Updates; Appendix B: A Note on Methodology; Notes; Bibliography; Index Introduction: the impact of blogging on the BBC's coverage of war and terrorismThe "war and terror" blogosphere. Blogs: "rumour, prejudice and gossip" or "standard" BBC source? -- Reporting conflict from news needles in digital haystacks -- Information overload, the 24/7 news cycle and the turn to twitter -- "Outside the BBC universe"? blogging at the BBC -- "Can you teach granddad how to dance"? involving the audience on BBC programme blogs -- "Live blogging" terror: the BBC's coverage of the attacks on Mumbai -- Reporting conflict: war in Gaza and the limits of the news revolution -- Conclusion: the two faces of Janus: the future of journalism.
ISBN:	978-0-415-81921-3 ; 978-0-203-57647-2 ; 978-1-136-68800-3 ; 978-0-415-81921-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10012677147