Papers by Fatima Martinez
Journalism Studies, Jan 1, 2003
This study focuses on the online coverage of American terrorist Timothy McVeigh's execution on th... more This study focuses on the online coverage of American terrorist Timothy McVeigh's execution on the websites of the top 15 print newspapers cited by Columbia Journalism Review as the "Best American Newspapers." Using content analysis, the study compares the 15 newspapers' websites by measuring the number, destination, and characteristics of hyperlinks that accompany these stories. The results suggest that online newspapers use hyperlinks as a gatekeeping device because they are unlikely to offer external hyperlinks. The study also shows that online newspapers are not taking advantage of multimedia and interactivity on the Web.
Journalism, Jan 1, 2006
Drawing from normative journalism theory, this textual analysis argues that mainstream journalism... more Drawing from normative journalism theory, this textual analysis argues that mainstream journalism weblogs are now occupying a role serving to reify traditional norms even as the j-bloggers shift those standard values. When journalists blog, they engage in postmodern reporting and writing even as they are attempting to reclaim journalism authority online. The j-blog has already begun to evolve traditional notions
International Communication Gazette, Jan 1, 1999
The Internet is changing the profession of journalism in a number of ways, which this article loo... more The Internet is changing the profession of journalism in a number of ways, which this article looks at in terms of so-called digital, or rather online journalism. This article focuses in particular on the question of if, to what extent and in what respects online journalism differs from traditional journalism. The developments on the Internet in terms of journalism and, more specifically, news on the World Wide Web are presented, leading to a discussion of the three characteristic keywords: interactivity, personalization and convergence. This in itself leads to an analysis of the standards and skills of journalism and journalists online. In conclusion, it is argued that these keywords and journalistic skills and standards closely reflect a contemporary global trend towards community journalism -also known as civic journalism or public journalism -which is an area deserving more study in any analysis of journalism and the Internet.
Journalism, Jan 1, 2001
Page 1. Diffusion of online information technologies in newspaper newsrooms ■ Bruce Garrison Univ... more Page 1. Diffusion of online information technologies in newspaper newsrooms ■ Bruce Garrison University of Miami ABSTRACT This study examined the spread of online information technologies within US daily newspaper newsrooms over a six-year period beginning in 1994. ...
First Monday, Jan 1, 2001
Abstract The Internet and specifically its graphic interface the World Wide Web is reaching a lev... more Abstract The Internet and specifically its graphic interface the World Wide Web is reaching a level of saturation and widespread adoption throughout the world. Specifically for journalism practiced online-in the discipline of computer-assisted reporting (CAR) and a specific kind of journalism: online journalism-we can now identify and theorize about the impacts the global system of networked computers has had on journalism. This paper signals four particular journalisms online as these have emerged in the'first generation'of newsmedia on the ...
The Information Society, Jan 1, 2006
Within media theory the worldwide shift from a 19th-century print culture via a 20th-century elec... more Within media theory the worldwide shift from a 19th-century print culture via a 20th-century electronic culture to a 21st-century digital culture is well documented. In this essay the emergence of a digital culture as amplified and accelerated by the popularity of networked computers, multiple-user software, and Internet is investigated in terms of its principal components. A digital culture as an underdetermined praxis is conceptualized as consisting of participation, remediation, and bricolage. Using the literature on presumably “typical” Internet phenomena such as the worldwide proliferation of independent media centers (indymedia) linked with (radical) online journalism practices and the popularity of (individual and group) weblogging, the various meanings and implications of this particular understanding of digital culture are explored. In the context of this essay, digital culture can be seen as an emerging set of values, practices, and expectations regarding the way people (should) act and interact within the contemporary network society. This digital culture has emergent properties with roots in both online and offline phenomena, with links to trends and developments predating the World Wide Web, yet having an immediate impact and particularly changing the ways in which we use and give meaning to living in an increasingly interconnected, always on(line) environment.
Journalism Studies, Jan 1, 2005
This study focuses on the online campaigning of presidential candidates during the 2004 US presid... more This study focuses on the online campaigning of presidential candidates during the 2004 US presidential campaign. A random sample of the front pages of the websites and weblogs (“blogs”) of George W. Bush and John Kerry was collected between Labor Day and Election Day 2004. These pages were analyzed in order to examine both candidate blogs and websites in terms of online fundraising, hyperlinking practices, and concentration on certain political issues. Results suggest that candidates more frequently use websites than blogs as fundraising mechanisms. In terms of hyperlinking, the Bush and Kerry campaigns were likely to confine visitors to the bounds of their websites by providing links to content within the overall site, but also linked consistently to outside, advocating sources. On the other hand, candidate blogs were more likely to provide directives to external links. Regarding issues discussed online by the campaigns, results suggest marked differences between the most salient issues in candidate blogs as opposed to candidate websites.
Journal of Computer-mediated Communication, Jan 1, 1999
There is a long tradition of dissatisfaction regarding the limited one-way communication of mass ... more There is a long tradition of dissatisfaction regarding the limited one-way communication of mass media. Lack of interactivity was a concern for media critics long before the term “interactive” became an inflated buzzword in the age of the Internet. Emancipatory media theorists such as B. ...
New Media & Society, Jan 1, 2004
New Media & Society, Jan 1, 2004
Journal of Communications, Jan 1, 1983
In response to the proposition that communication lacks disciplinary status because of deficient ... more In response to the proposition that communication lacks disciplinary status because of deficient core knowledge, I propose that we turn an ostensible weakness into a strength. We should identify our mission as bringing together insights and theories that would otherwise remain scattered in other disciplines. Because of the lack of interchange among the disciplines, hypotheses thoroughly discredited in one field may receive wide acceptance in another. Potential research paradigms remain fractured, with pieces here and there but no comprehensive statement to guide research. By bringing ideas together in one location, communication can aspire to become a master discipline that synthesizes related theories and concepts and exposes them to the most rigorous, comprehensive statement and exploration. Reaching this goal would require a more self-conscious determination by communication scholars to plumb other fields and feed back their studies to outside researchers. At the same time, such an enterprise would enhance the theoretical rigor of communication scholarship proper.
Acclaim for Dan Gillmor's We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People ... more Acclaim for Dan Gillmor's We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People “This is one of the most provocative and important books for the future of new media. Dan Gillmor's encyclopedic knowledge offers a tutorial not only of the latest state of information ...
... »Afficher votre panier«. WebAnalytics. Notice. Imprimer la notice. Market Driven Journalism: ... more ... »Afficher votre panier«. WebAnalytics. Notice. Imprimer la notice. Market Driven Journalism: Let the Citizen Beware? Auteur : MCMANUS John H. Prix indicatif 52,67 Ajouter au panier le livre de MCMANUS John H. Date de parution : 06-1994 Langue : ANGLAIS 302p. ...
Nature, Jan 1, 2004
Wikipedia is an Internet-based, user contributed encyclopedia that is collaboratively edited, and... more Wikipedia is an Internet-based, user contributed encyclopedia that is collaboratively edited, and utilizes the wiki concept the idea that any user on the Internet can change any page within the Web site, even anonymously. Paradoxically, this seemingly chaotic process has ...
dom, as conceived here) may be why his acknowledgement that we draw life and meaning from our par... more dom, as conceived here) may be why his acknowledgement that we draw life and meaning from our participation in institutions does not lead him to reconceptualize the individual. We draw individuality from a personal and unique constellation that includes (but is not limited to) memberships of different kinds of institutions-not all of which have the same end-as well as different relationships with other individuals. It is not only or always the need to resist institutions that nourishes individuality-nor is individuality so free, thoughtful, or socially unconstituted as Bailey would personify it.
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