This book reviews recent studies into smartphones and the news, and
argues that the greatest impact on news of the smartphone as a
dominant technological artefact is to shift it away from an
authoritative, fixed ‘first draft of history’ to become a
fluid, flexible stream of information from which each individual
constructs their own meaning. The news has taken on a new life,
fragmented by five billion smartphones, disrupting not just an
industry but also the significance of the news in societies
worldwide. This book considers how the smartphone has changed the
production of journalism through contributions from the general
public, the dominance of visual over textual media, the shift
towards brevity, the challenges of verification, and the
possibilities offered by the multi-skilled mobile journalist, or
MoJo. The book looks at the manner in which news is promoted and
distributed via smartphones, specifically its place on social
media. Finally, it considers how news-on-smartphones fits into
consumers’ lives, and how their use of the smartphone to access
news is impacting back on its production. This is an insightful
research text for journalism students and scholars with an interest
in digital journalism, new media, and the intersection between
technology and communication.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Disruptions |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
Andrew Duffy
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
114 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-51852-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-367-51852-X |
| Barcode: |
9780367518523 |
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