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Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
ISSN 1076-027X / Volume 4, Number 7 / July 1, 1997
- Editor's Page
- Special guest issue editor
Christopher Harper introduces
this special issue exploring journalism
online.
We delve into readers'
response to online work,
alliances, interviewing techniques,
and the Web as a new medium.
SPECIAL FOCUS: DIGITAL JOURNALISM |
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Online Newspapers as Familiar Artifacts in New Settings
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Sue Mings introduces the beginning of critical research on how
people, specifically college students, view information on the World
Wide Web. While online publications tout new technologies available on
their sites, the survey found under controlled conditions that the
research subjects passed over many of these sites and used the online
publications in much the same way that many use more traditional
publications.
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The Web and the Paradigm of the Front Page
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Is the World Wide Web poised to become the "fourth" medium, joining
print, radio, and television? Probably, argues Flora Garcia. But there
are a variety of issues facing online publications--particularly how
news is delivered--before the Web can truly take its place among "Big
Media."
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Interviewing and Information in a Digital Age
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Is an interview online an effective way to use the Internet? Will
electronic mail and discussion groups dominate a journalist's arsenal
for reporting? While many journalists are not rushing to
computer-assisted reporting, others are already there, particularly
those who have won five Pulitizer Prizes in recent years by using
computers to ferret out graft and corruption. I-chin Chang focuses on
those who use the Internet tools and how effective they are.
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Not-so-strange Alliances and Their Impact on Online News Media
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Who holds the advantage in the world of online news? Traditional news
organizations have a decided edge, particularly if they create strategic
alliances with other publishers. Nevertheless, Ann Auman argues that
these alliances are creating more diversity in news coverage for many
readers because they have access to a wide range of articles from
organizations such as New Century Network, a group of nearly 70
publishing partners, and Microsoft's Internet sites, which now compete
with many traditional news outlets.
Interviewing and Information in a Digital Age
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| Special Event |
- Join us
in
the Chat
Area of
the Computer-Mediated Communication Studies Center
on July 15, 1997
at 10:00 pm EST (7:00 pm Pacific)
for an online discussion of
this special issue's topics.
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Book Review: What's Ahead in the Digital World
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Christopher Harper
reviews
Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut
by David Shenk,
What Will Be: How the New World of Information Will Change Our Lives
by Michael Dertouzos,
The Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway
by Ken Auletta,
and White House to Your House: Media and Politics in Virtual America
by Edwin Diamond and Robert A. Silverman.
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The Last Link: Build It--Will They Come?
- Christopher Harper speculates on the relationships among
the qualities that make use so accessible:
distribution reliability,
access,
and sponsorship.
Letters to the editor always welcome:
mailto:john@december.com
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