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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.
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.
The rise of the smartphone has shifted news from fixed publication
to a flow of updateable information. The chapters in this book
investigate the implications for audiences, industry and society as
news becomes mobile. Wherever we go, news from anywhere can reach
us on our smartphones. And wherever we are, we can search up
information specific to that place. News is produced by mobile
journalists (MoJos) as well as by citizens armed with smartphones,
reporting breaking news from crisis zones where information is
uncertain, or hyperlocal news from neighbourhoods where little
happens. Mobile technology allows citizens to engage deeply with a
cause or to skim headlines so they know a little about a lot of
things. News is distributed on mobile networks and consumed by
mobile audiences as they make their daily way through time and
space coloured by their mobile devices. It is consumed in the
niches of life. It intersects with place in new ways as geolocated
news. It pursues us wherever we are through push notifications. And
news has moved from fixed to fluid, a flow of updateable
information rather than a regularly issued product. In this book,
the contributors take varied viewpoints on mobility and news, its
impact on what news is, how journalists produce it and how it fits
into everybody's everyday life. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of Digital Journalism.
The rise of the smartphone has shifted news from fixed publication
to a flow of updateable information. The chapters in this book
investigate the implications for audiences, industry and society as
news becomes mobile. Wherever we go, news from anywhere can reach
us on our smartphones. And wherever we are, we can search up
information specific to that place. News is produced by mobile
journalists (MoJos) as well as by citizens armed with smartphones,
reporting breaking news from crisis zones where information is
uncertain, or hyperlocal news from neighbourhoods where little
happens. Mobile technology allows citizens to engage deeply with a
cause or to skim headlines so they know a little about a lot of
things. News is distributed on mobile networks and consumed by
mobile audiences as they make their daily way through time and
space coloured by their mobile devices. It is consumed in the
niches of life. It intersects with place in new ways as geolocated
news. It pursues us wherever we are through push notifications. And
news has moved from fixed to fluid, a flow of updateable
information rather than a regularly issued product. In this book,
the contributors take varied viewpoints on mobility and news, its
impact on what news is, how journalists produce it and how it fits
into everybody's everyday life. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of Digital Journalism.
This book is volume 2 of the two-volume Essential Physics series,
covering electricity and magnetism, DC circuits, waves and optics,
and giving a brief introduction to modern physics. The book is
aimed at the second half of a typical algebra-based introductory
physics sequence, such as that taken by life science and
pre-medical students.
A textbook for a first-semester algebra-based introductory physics
course, covering mechanics, rotation, fluids, harmonic motion, and
thermodynamics.
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