The Life Informatic : : Newsmaking in the Digital Era / / Dominic Boyer.

News journalism is in the midst of radical transformation brought about by the spread of digital information and communication technology and the rise of neoliberalism. What does it look like, however, from the inside of a news organization? In The Life Informatic, Dominic Boyer offers the first ant...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 10 halftones, 2 line drawings
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Introduction: News Journalism Today
  • 1. The Craft of Slotting: Screenwork, Attentional Practices, and News Value at an International News Agency
  • 2. Click and Spin: Time, Feedback, and Expertise at an Online News Portal
  • 3. Countdown: Professionalism, Publicity, and Political Culture in 24/7 News Radio
  • 4. The News Informatic: Five Reflections on News Journalism and Digital Liberalism
  • Epilogue: Informatic Unconscious: On the Evolution of Digital Reason in Anthropology
  • Notes
  • Bibliography