Out of Print: Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age - Brossura

Brock

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0749466510 ISBN 13: 9780749466510

Casa editrice: Kogan Page, 2013

Riassunto

News and journalism are in the midst of upheaval. How does news publishing change when a newspaper sells as few as 300,000 copies but its website attracts 31 million visitors? The internet is not simply allowing faster, wider distribution of material: digital technology is demanding transformative change. Journalism needs to be rethought on a global scale and remade to meet the demands of new conditions.

Out of Print examines the past, present and future for a fragile industry battling a “perfect storm” of falling circulations, reduced advertising revenue, rising print costs and the impact of “citizen journalists” and free news aggregators. Author George Brock proposes an optimistic outlook on journalism's future, taking the view that it was always unstable and likely, always will be. He argues that journalism can flourish in a new communications age, and explains how current theory and practice have to change to fully exploit developing opportunities.

Incisive and authoritative, Out of Print analyzes the role and influence of journalism in the digital age and asks how it needs to adapt to survive.

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Recensione:

"When George Brock talks, in his excellent book, about the "disruption" of the net, the atomisation of news and opinion, he evokes echoes of a different era: an unruly world of vituperation, agitation, even revolution. But this time it may not be the melee of new voices that crowded the pages of centuries past. This time it's a higgledy-piggledy high-tech empowerment that politicians (and editors) can't control." (Peter Preston, The Guardian)

"The great virtue of Brock's book is that it deals comprehensively, intelligently and unsentimentally with the entire range of major questions about journalism now [...] it is the best single source available for context about the situation as a whole." (Nicholas Lemann, The Times Literary Supplement)

"Brock's stance is refreshing and the book is a pleasure to read." (Word News Publishing Focus)

"Seeking to reassure the doom-mongers, [George Brock] delves back into the history of journalism and demonstrates the shaky beginnings and rapid innovation that powered news journalism for three centuries before the maturation and slow decline of the business in the 20th century. His précis of the history is fascinating and elegantly done." (Emily Bell, New Statesman)

"Brock is a journalist at heart. His confession at the start of the book reveals that in ample measure. The book is in some ways a response to a taunt by a business columnist that had doubted the ability of a journalism professor to offer credible and useful advice on business. By the time you finish reading the book, you realise that Brock has more than addressed that concern [...] What clearly stands out in Brock's analysis is his articulation of the changing paradigm of the journalism business." (Business Standard)

"...optimistic without being sentimental, thought-provoking without being pretentious and realistic without being harsh, which makes it comforting for someone with a keen interest in seeing journalism prevail and hopefully eye-opening for those who wish to better understand it." (Madeleine Maccar, Chicago Center for Literature and Photography)

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...makes a significant contribution in the field of journalism studies work on the future
of journalism. Out of Print: Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age offers a solid grounding for those looking for a quick brush-up with some current concerns facing the press, as well as a clear grounding in the newspaper crisis that arguably begins back in the 1920s or even 1880s. The compelling argument about industrialization and decline is particularly unique, and the merits of finally having a clear and approachable Leveson breakdown for a global audience is most welcome.

" (Nikki Usher, International Journal of Communication)

Descrizione del libro:

Assesses the commercial, human and political factors affecting the newspaper industry

Brings together a judicious mix of academic expertise and professional journalistic experience to discuss the 'perfect storm' of falling circulations, reduced advertising revenue, rising print costs and the impact of 'citizen journalists' and free news aggregators

Analyses and reports on the global future of newspapers, reflecting their location in different market sectors, countries and journalism cultures

Online Resources: downloadable lecture slides

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• Editore: Kogan Page
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0749466510
• ISBN 13: 9780749466510
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256