Understanding Media Convergence

Name: Understanding Media Convergence
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ISBN: 9780195327779

ISBN-10: 0195327772

ISBN-13: 9780195327779

Edition: 2008

Authors: August E. Grant, Jeffrey S. Wilkinson

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On our contemporary media landscape, the potential of the written word is limitless. Repurposing print journalism for the Internet and beyond, convergent journalism invigorates and transforms how we create and experience media. A vital new resource in our digital age, Understanding Media Convergence outlines and investigates the broad theoretical and conceptual issues surrounding this emergent subject. Bringing together incisive work by some of the leaders in the field--including Janet Kolodzy, Bob Papper, Kenneth Killebrew, and Charles Bierbauer--editors August E. Grant and Jeffrey S. Wilkinson have selected readings that introduce readers to this provocative subject and provide a strong…

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List price: $79.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/9/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.87" wide x 9.61" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.606



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Dimensions of Media Convergence




The State of Convergence Journalism Revisited: Newspapers Take the Lead




Convergence Explained: Playing Catch-up with News Consumers




Middletown Media Studies II: Observing Consumer Interactions with Media




The Converged Audience: Receiver-Senders and Content Creators




Media Convergence and the Neo-Dark Age




Converging Communication, Colliding Cultures: Shifting Boundaries and the Meaning of "Our Field"




Culture, Conflict, and Convergence: A Theoretical Discusion of Group-based Identity and Bias Reduction in a Converged Newsroom




Developing Media Managers for Convergence: A Study of Management Theory and Practice for Managers of Converged Newsrooms




A Feminist Perspective on Convergence




On Linkages and Levels: Using Theory to Assess the Effect of Converged Structures on News Products




The Meaning and Influence of Convergence: A Qualitative Case Study of Newsroom Work at the Tampa News Center




News Convergence Arrangements in Smaller Media Markets




Beyond the "Tower of Babel": Ideas for Future Research in Media Convergence




Web Logs: Democratizing Media Production




Global Aspects of Convergence




Tracks, Silos, and Elevators: Postsecondary Convergence Journalism Education in the United States




The Future of Media Convergence



Contributors


Index