The news gap : (Record no. 23870)

MARC details
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2013010262
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780262019835 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 070.4
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Boczkowski, Pablo J.
TITLE STATEMENT
Title The news gap :
Subtitle when the information preferences of the media and the public diverge /
Statement of responsibility, etc. by Pablo Javier Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge, Mass. :
Publisher The MIT Press,
Date c2013.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 302 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 24 cm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-300) and index.
SUMMARY
Summary The sites of major media organizations -- CNN, USA Today , the Guardian , and others -- provide the public with much of the online news theyconsume. But although a large proportion of the top stories these sites disseminate cover politics,international relations, and economics, users of these sites show a preference (as evidenced by themost viewed stories) for news about sports, crime, entertainment, and weather. In this book, PabloBoczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein examine this gap and consider the implications for the mediaindustry and democratic life in the digital age. Drawing on analyses of more than50,000 stories posted on twenty news sites in seven countries in North and South America and WesternEurope, Boczkowski and Mitchelstein find that the gap in news preferences exists regardless ofideological orientation or national media culture. They show that it narrows in times of heightenedpolitical activity (including presidential elections or government crises) as readers feel compelledto inform themselves about public affairs but remains wide during times of normal politicalactivity. Boczkowski and Mitchelstein also find that the gap is not affected by innovations inWeb-native forms of storytelling such as blogs and user-generated content on mainstream news sites.Keeping the account of the news gap up to date, in the book's coda they extend the analysis throughthe 2012 U.S. presidential election. Drawing upon these findings, the authors explore the news gap'stroubling consequences for the matrix that connects communication, technology, and politics in thedigital age.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Online journalism.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Online journalism
General Social aspects.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Online journalism
General Political aspects.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading News audiences.
ADDED ENTRY
Personal name Mitchelstein, Eugenia,
Dates 1979-
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://uowd.box.com/s/wua39222hn4dlnwq4gmkwimjlfpu6j0g">https://uowd.box.com/s/wua39222hn4dlnwq4gmkwimjlfpu6j0g</a>
Public note Location Map
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Holdings
Date last seen Full call number Barcode Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
26/01/2017 070.4 BO NE T0025913 30.11 26/01/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 15/06/2014 AMAUS
26/01/2017 070.4 BO NE T0027485 0.00 26/01/2017 ON ORDER   Dewey Decimal Classification   Ordered   University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai On Order 16/06/2014 AMAUS