Jane’s Convergent Journalism Blog

Thoughts, ideas and links on topics covered in HAM 420 Convergent Journalism, part of my Applied Media study at Swinburne University, Melbourne Australia

new media books

September 4th, 2007 · No Comments
participatory journalism

Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production by Alex Bruns

“Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production provides the first comprehensive study of the latest wave of online news publications. It investigates the collaborative publishing models of key news Websites ranging from the worldwide Indymedia network to the massively successful technology news site Slashdot and further to the multitude of Weblogs which have emerged in recent years. ”
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The Content Makers: Understanding the Media in Australia by Margaret Simons

“In The Content Makers Margaret Simons explains the changes taking place in the Australian media. She analyses audiences, our major media organisations, the role of government - and the implications of all of these for our society and our democracy. ”

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