SuperMedia: Saving Journalism
SuperMedia: Saving Journalism So It Can Save The World by Polis Director, Charlie Beckett is the first detailed manifesto for "Networked Journalism" based on Polis research and debates. SuperMedia surveys the new media landscape, outlines the crisis facing journalism and the opportunities on offer for a radical new relationship between the media and the public.
Synopsis
Journalism matters. There are fewer hotter topics in media than the
fate of journalism and new media in our rapidly changing world. Smart
and controversial, this timely book explores the potential for a
entirely new type of journalism which these changes create, discusses
the impact of social networking sites and blogs on traditional
journalism, and makes the case that journalism could be the catalyst
for change needed to solve many of the world's problems. Drawing on his
credentials as a first class broadcast journalist, Beckett provides a
practical roadmap for identifying the issues and solutions that will
ensure an open and reliable news media for generations to come. A
lively, engaging and refreshingly-opinionated text, "SuperMedia" offers
an informed discussion on the importance and future of liberal
journalism as a healthy part of a flourishing society.
Reviews
'Charlie Beckett provides a serious but accessible introduction to
the challenges facing contemporary journalism, intellectually and
professionally. Presenting an argument for the importance of journalism
in society, whilst also recognising the impact of business and
technology on that contribution, Super Media will be invaluable to
media students wanting a cutting-edge survey from an experienced and
reflective practitioner.'
Adrian Monck, head of the Department of Journalism and Publishing, City University, London
'The idea and practice of networked journalism needs this thorough
examination and this manifesto in its favor. And I second Charlie
Beckett's contention that we in the news business and in society need
networked journalism not just to protect but to expand journalism's
future.'
Jeff Jarvis, blogger and professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
'Charlie Beckett knows the business from the inside, and in Super
Media it shows. A powerful analysis of the great challenges facing all
of us, whether reporters readers, bloggers or viewers. Read it, and
act!'
Jon Snow, presenter, Channel 4 News
'This important book charts a course
through journalism's current crises of Trust, Economics and Technology
and points to a way of reconnecting with a broad social purpose.'
Richard Sambrook, BBC News
Table of Contents
Introduction: "TheDailyPlanet.com": Why We Must Save Journalism So that Journalism Can Save the World.
1.
"Help! Help! Who Will Save Us?": The New Media Landscape.2.
"Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No! It's SuperMedia!": Networked Journalism.3. "Will Nobody Do Anything to Help?": Networked Journalism and Politics.
4. Fighting Evil: Terror, Community, and Networked Journalism.
5. We Can All be Super Heroes: Networked Journalism in Action: Editorial Diversity and Media Literacy.
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