Web Journalism: Practice and Promise of a New Medium [Paperback]

James G. Stovall (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0205353983 | ISBN-13: 978-0205353989 | Publication Date: September 18, 2003

Journalism on the Web explores the current practices and future possibilities of Web journalism and examines the characteristics of the Web that distinguish it from traditional media.

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Journalism on the Web explores the current practices and future possibilities of Web journalism and examines the characteristics of the Web that distinguish it from traditional media. The author guides students through discussion of the traditional practices of journalism, such as reporting, editing, photojournalism, and design, while showing how the distinguishing features of the Web -- capacity, immediacy, flexibility, permanency, and interactivity - offer new storytelling possibilities. The traditional principles of journalism, particularly journalistic writing that emphasizes accuracy, clarity, precision and efficiency, are emphasized throughout the text.

Features

• The first three chapters offer an in-depth examination of the Web as an individual news medium, taking students beyond the idea that Web news is simply a newspaper on screen.
• An inside look at MSNBC provides students with an idea of what it's like to be inside a 24-hour Web news organization (Ch. 13).
• Three chapters on lateral thinking ask students to think beyond the traditional narrative storytelling forms of the inverted pyramid and present a variety of forms and structures to present information (4, 5, & 6).
• “Cool Ideas” sidebars, located throughout the book, offer short descriptions of innovative ideas of Web journalism, to stimulate creative thinking.
• Web site references at the end of each chapter provide professors with the best sites available for keeping up with advances in Web journalism.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education (September 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205353983
• ISBN-13: 978-0205353989
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Solid in Predictions & Trends, May 20, 2004

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Dr. W. G. Covington, Jr. (Edinboro, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Web Journalism: Practice and Promise of a New Medium (Paperback)

How will the Internet change journalism? This is just one of many futuristic questions addressed in this insightful book. Professor Stovall tells us the relationship between source and audience has already changed in the web's first decade of wide spread diffusion. It will change more as the audience learns of additional options. The traditional paradigm of journalism consisted of an authoritative mass communicator who disseminated messages to the masses. Feedback was delayed. Arrogance was a consequence. With the advent of the Internet, journalism is more egalitarian. Journalists are more accountable, and interaction is immediate.

Stovall's book is full of web sources, many of which are nontraditional. He introduced me to terms I had encountered for the first time. I not only learned the terms, but went to the web sites and engaged in the activities associated with them. To find our what they are read the book.