Live! Breaking story! Up-to-the-minute coverage! We hear these teasers every day. But do they always guide us to real news? With the explosive growth of online news and increased barrage of sensational live shots on TV, getting a story first seems more important than getting it right. In Going Live, veteran journalist Philip Seib warns of the dangers of trivialized news and sloppy ethics in this “new news” age. Whether you love or hate the news media, this is an indispensable look at where journalism is heading—and how we can sort out what’s important and accurate in the news we get in an ever-faster moving stream.
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Seib, a journalism professor, looks at the challenges to news delivery, profits, and ethics borne of new technology that encourages speed over accuracy. Seib sees a convergence in news gathering styles of various media that is inspired by computer-based media. Web TV is the best example of the trend that merges the slick presentation of television news with the "almost infinite information-providing capacity of the Internet." Faced with competitive pressures, many traditional news outlets (with newspapers leading the way) have developed their own Web sites, including linkages to other sites and sources, blurring the line between professional news organizations and others. Seib conveys the progression in live coverage from the Vietnam War as the "living room war" to the Gulf War as the "first live war" to the 1999 war in Kosovo as the "first Web war." This is a compelling look at how news gathering is changing, for better and worse. Vanessa Bush
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Philip Seib paints a vivid picture of the changing media landscape and the implications for the future. He raises important questions about what role journalists will play and very soundly concludes that, in spite of all the changes wrought by new technology, traditional journalistic values must be relied upon and applied. (Barbara Cochran )
At a time when front-page news can't keep up with homepage news, Philip Seib has taken the time to carefully consider the impact of technology, competition, and business pressure on the continuous deadlines that almost all journalists now face. Like an airborne TV camera crew, Seib follows the high-speed chase for real-time news, but with all the perspective and detail that consumers should rightly expect from any editorial coverage they read or watch—in print, on the air, and online. (Mark Stencel )
Philip Seib has produced an important book, one that I hope reaches both general and professional audiences. Every page in this timely book contains something worthwhile for the reader. (Robert Mong )
The book should be required reading in all college online journalism classes. (Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly )
A compelling look at how news gathering is changing, for better and worse. (Booklist )
Cogent and solidly researched. . . . Evolving journalists especially need to ponder the questions Mr. Seib raises about rushing to judgment in an information age where it always seems to be rush hour. (The Dallas Morning News )
Phil Seib has a great new book. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram )
Seib, an experienced newsman . . . manages to say a great deal in a very few pages; Going Live is not merely usefully instructive, it also suggests that the future of American journalism is brighter than pessimists tend to believe. (Jonathan Yardley The Washington Post )
An urgent and cogent reminder that journalistic ethics must attempt to keep pace with the explosive technological revolution. (Kirkus Reviews )
This thoughtful, readable book covers almost every aspect of what is happening--and Seib expects to happen--to journalism in the 21st century. (Choice Magazine )
A thoughtful and important book of great value both to reporters and to citizens who read their words and hear their broadcasts. Rarely does an academic writer have such a clear grasp of what it means to work in a newsroom, and rarely can one do as well in making such experiences come alive for a reader. (Richmond Times )
Going Live is a thoughtful examination of recent changes in the news media. What makes this book so thought-provoking is the author's exploration of the relationships between forms of media. (Foreword Magazine )
The type of audience that might be especially interested in this book would be undergraduates in an introduction to mass communication course. The book has the right blend of high profile examples, behind-the-scenes details, and attention to technological issues to make it a useful addition to an undergraduate's personal library. (Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly )
Those in the profession, practitioners and scholars . . . as well as the general public, will want to read this book about where the media are headed. Seib's work is excitingly written as well as solidly based. He sees ahead of the curve, and he doggedly defends the tradtional values of journalism. (Television Quarterly )
Seib offers broad coverage of most of the standard online journalism issues in a skillful combination of good real-world cases and thoughtful (but not lengthy) analysis. A very readable book for a survey course, with excellent fuel for discussions. . . . A good second text for an ethics course. (Mindy McAdams Online Journalism Review )
Listed in Poynter.org's Journalism Resource Center (Bruce Garrison Poynter.Org )
Detailing the history and consequences of the real-time revolution in journalism, Seib provides an engaing overview of ways that live reporting has affected what we get from the news. Focusing on Internet journalism, live broadcasts, and digital convergence in the news industry, the book's lively prose and colorful anecdotes make this a good choice for introducing general readers and undergraduate students to the issues confronting journalists in an age when the shelf life of a story is measured in minutes rather than days. (Harvard International Journal Of Press/Politics )
At a time when front-page news can't keep up with homepage news, Philip Seib has taken the time to carefully consider the impact of technology, competition, and business pressure on the continuous deadlines that almost all journalists now face. Like an airborne TV camera crew, Seib follows the high-speed chase for real-time news, but with all the perspective and detail that consumers should rightly expect from any editorial coverage they read or watch—in print, on the air, and online. (Mark Stencel )
Philip Seib has produced an important book, one that I hope reaches both general and professional audiences. Every page in this timely book contains something worthwhile for the reader. (Robert Mong )
The book should be required reading in all college online journalism classes. (Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly )
A compelling look at how news gathering is changing, for better and worse. (Booklist )
Cogent and solidly researched. . . . Evolving journalists especially need to ponder the questions Mr. Seib raises about rushing to judgment in an information age where it always seems to be rush hour. (The Dallas Morning News )
Phil Seib has a great new book. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram )
Seib, an experienced newsman . . . manages to say a great deal in a very few pages; Going Live is not merely usefully instructive, it also suggests that the future of American journalism is brighter than pessimists tend to believe. (Jonathan Yardley The Washington Post )
An urgent and cogent reminder that journalistic ethics must attempt to keep pace with the explosive technological revolution. (Kirkus Reviews )
This thoughtful, readable book covers almost every aspect of what is happening--and Seib expects to happen--to journalism in the 21st century. (Choice Magazine )
A thoughtful and important book of great value both to reporters and to citizens who read their words and hear their broadcasts. Rarely does an academic writer have such a clear grasp of what it means to work in a newsroom, and rarely can one do as well in making such experiences come alive for a reader. (Richmond Times )
Going Live is a thoughtful examination of recent changes in the news media. What makes this book so thought-provoking is the author's exploration of the relationships between forms of media. (Foreword Magazine )
The type of audience that might be especially interested in this book would be undergraduates in an introduction to mass communication course. The book has the right blend of high profile examples, behind-the-scenes details, and attention to technological issues to make it a useful addition to an undergraduate's personal library. (Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly )
Those in the profession, practitioners and scholars . . . as well as the general public, will want to read this book about where the media are headed. Seib's work is excitingly written as well as solidly based. He sees ahead of the curve, and he doggedly defends the tradtional values of journalism. (Television Quarterly )
Seib offers broad coverage of most of the standard online journalism issues in a skillful combination of good real-world cases and thoughtful (but not lengthy) analysis. A very readable book for a survey course, with excellent fuel for discussions. . . . A good second text for an ethics course. (Mindy McAdams Online Journalism Review )
Listed in Poynter.org's Journalism Resource Center (Bruce Garrison Poynter.Org )
Detailing the history and consequences of the real-time revolution in journalism, Seib provides an engaing overview of ways that live reporting has affected what we get from the news. Focusing on Internet journalism, live broadcasts, and digital convergence in the news industry, the book's lively prose and colorful anecdotes make this a good choice for introducing general readers and undergraduate students to the issues confronting journalists in an age when the shelf life of a story is measured in minutes rather than days. (Harvard International Journal Of Press/Politics )
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