Journalists, sources and credibility : new perspectives / edited by Bob Franklin and Matt Carlson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carlson, Matt, 1977-

Franklin, Bob, 1949-

Series:

Routledge research in journalism ; 1.

Routledge research in journalism ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--History--21st century.

Journalism.

Attribution of news.

Journalistic ethics.

Citizen journalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume revisits what we know about the relationship between journalists and their sources. By asking new questions, employing novel methodologies, and confronting sweeping changes to journalism and media, the contributors reinvigorate the conversation about who gets to speak through the news. It challenges established thinking about how journalists use sources, how sources influence journalists, and how these patterns relate to the power to represent the world to news audiences.Useful to both newcomers and scholars familiar with the topic, the chapters bring together lead

Contents:

Introduction / Matt Carlson and Bob Franklin

Credibility, transparency and diversity. Source credibility as a journalistic work tool / Zvi Reich

Wither anonymity? journalism and unnamed sources in a changing media environment / Matt Carlson

Journalists as "unwilling" sources: transparency and the new ethics of journalism / Angela Phillips

Activist media as mainstream model: what can professional journalists learn from indymedia? / Chris Atton

Entrenched practices, entrenched sources. Rules, recycling, filters and conspiracies: Nick Davies and the propaganda model / Julian Petley

Sources, credibility and the continuing crisis of UK journalism / Bob Franklin

Sourcing business news: a case study of public relations uptake / Tom Van Hout

Sources of arts journalism: who's writing the arts pages? / Lucinda Strahan

Citizens and sourcing: finding a way forward

Are citizens becoming sources? A look into Flemish journalists? professional contacts / Jeroen De Keyser, Karin Raeymaeckers and Steve Paulussen

The limits of audience participation: UGC @ the BBC / Andrew Williams, Claire Wardle and Karin Wahl Jorgensen

The scope of user generated content: user contributions within online journalism / Annika Bergstrom

Citizen journalism and everyday life: a case study of Germany's myheimat.de / Axel Bruns.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-85832-6

1-136-85833-4

1-283-04237-1

9786613042378

0-203-83570-0

9780203835708

OCLC:

707068594