Ebook: We the media: grassroots journalism by the people, for the people
Author: Gillmor Dan
- Tags: Online journalism, United States, Internet, Social aspects, United States, Internet, Political aspects, United States, Web publishing, United States, Citizen journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Media Studies, Internet, Political aspects, Internet, Social aspects, Online journalism, Web publishing, United States
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media
- City: Beijing, Sebastopol, CA, United States
- Edition: Pbk. ed
- Language: English
- epub
Big Media has lost its monopoly on the news, thanks to the Internet. Now that it's possible to publish in real time to a worldwide audience, a new breed of grassroots journalists are taking the news into their own hands. Armed with laptops, cell phones, and digital cameras, these readers-turned-reporters are transforming the news from a lecture into a conversation. In "We the Media," nationally acclaimed newspaper Read more...
Abstract: Big Media has lost its monopoly on the news, thanks to the Internet. Now that it's possible to publish in real time to a worldwide audience, a new breed of grassroots journalists are taking the news into their own hands. Armed with laptops, cell phones, and digital cameras, these readers-turned-reporters are transforming the news from a lecture into a conversation. In "We the Media," nationally acclaimed newspaper columnist and blogger Dan Gillmor tells the story of this emerging phenomenon and sheds light on this deep shift in how we make--and consume--the news