[Air-L] science/environmental reporting in the media

[William Dutton]

One paper is available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1826647 

On 15 Apr 2014, at 12:07, T.Ashe <t.ashe at open.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I'm currently putting together a literature review on the changing media ecology of science and environmental journalism, with a view to the changes occasioned by the rise of new media, and I was wondering if anyone could help me with some advice.
> 
> I think my major problem is that, without a background in media, I'm struggling even to really clarify what 'new media' means in this context. Even just pinning down the proliferation of technologies is a bit overwhelming and yet I can't really afford to spend more than a page or two on this. I don't think I have the vocabularity to capture how the internet allows traditional media (TV, radio, newspapers, books, etc.) to be accessed from new devices, provided in different ways, etc. and I feel there must be ways of categorising the different dimensions of change, of which I'm not aware.
> 
> I was wondering if anyone could recommend any literature reviews that succinctly clarify the issues around defining the technological and social rise of new media in a way that can give me the background info to situate my literature review? I know it's a massive topic, but I need something to give me a handle on it, which won't take up too much of the time I should be giving to the rest of the review.
> 
> Any recommended recent work on journalism and new media would also be great.
> 
> Any help much appreciated,
> 
> Teresa
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William H. Dutton
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