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2004 Research Papers
Below are papers that were presented during the
symposium event by some of the panelists. Listed in order of presentation
in the program.
Online Journalism in Spain:
Models, Business and Formats. A Vision.
by Xosé López, Manuel Gago & Xosé Pereira
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You've got my attention.
Please, don't repeat yourself!
by Guillermo Franco
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Below are the peer-reviewed research papers that
were selected for presentation for the second day of the symposium
event. Listed in order of presentation in the program.
Blog, Blog, Blog: Experiences
with web logs in journalism classes
by Eric M. Wiltse
This ethnographic educational evaluation
examines how students create Web logs or blogs and how blogs can
help students learn about journalism topics. Data analysis revealed
three themes: technical problems, interaction, and writing style.
Students learned to create blogs through modeling and social interaction.
Blogs helped students learn about web design and current events.
Writing in blogs helped students focus on class presentations. Results
support social-cognitive learning theory.
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When the Audience is the
Producer: The Art of the Collaborative Weblog
by Lou Rutigliano
Collaborative group weblogs, which rely
on the participation of tens of thousands of members for their content,
are often cited as a format of journalism that is new and untapped.
In the English language, the most popular and respected practitioners
of this format are MetaFilter, Plastic, Kuro5hin, and Slashdot.
This paper analyzes these four weblogs to determine how each balances
audience freedoms and administrative control in their efforts to
increase participation and interactivity without chaos.
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Weblogs and the Search
for User-Driven Ethical Models
by J. Richard Stevens
The freedom of the Internet has led to the
rise of "amateur reporting" in the of weblogging. Around
the world, thousands of individuals record their experiences, perspectives
and opinions in online forums that reach large audiences. But are
bloggers journalists? Some claim they amateur journalists, others
they are something very different. Do they need their own code of
ethics? How do traditional codes of journalism ethics translate
to the Weblog environment? Can blogs contribute responsibly to the
world of journalism, if they don't follow the Journalism Code of
Ethics? This paper sought to answer these questions in a qualitative
fashion by reviewing the history of journalism ethics to better
understand why journalists felt the need to establish their codes
and determine how these reasons apply to the blogosphere.
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You've Got News: A Permission-Marketing
Model using Sponsored Electronic Newsletters
by Anca C. Micu
A model is proposed for ISP customers to
receive sponsored electronic newsletters in exchange for a discount
on the Internet fee. In the model, both online newspapers and ISPs
receive fees from the advertisers while the end consumer pays less
for the Internet connection. Advertisers gain by sending better-targeted
messages through an accepted medium. In addition to collecting part
of the advertising fees, the ISPs increase their customer base by
offering an incentive as well as value-added services. Adherence
to the model appeared to vary with gender, age, and attitude toward
e-mail marketing.
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Wikipedia as Participatory
Journalism: Reliable Sources? Metrics for evaluating collaborative
media as a news resource
by Andrew Lih
Wikipedia is an Internet-based, user contributed
encyclopedia that is collaboratively edited, and utilizes the wiki
concept the idea that any user on the Internet can change
any page within the Web site, even anonymously. Paradoxically, this
seemingly chaotic process has created a highly regarded reference
on the Internet. Wikipedia has emerged as the largest example of
participatory journalism to date facilitating many-to-many
communication among users editing articles, all working towards
maintaining a neutral point of view - Wikipedia's mantra. This study
examines the growth of Wikipedia and analyzes the crucial technologies
and community policies that have enabled the project to prosper.
It also analyzes Wikipedia's articles that have been cited in the
news media, and establishes a set of metrics based on established
encyclopedia taxonomies and analyzes the trends in Wikipedia being
used as a source.
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Traveling without moving:
Foreign news and boundary-crossing in Cyberspace
by Jeremy Edwards
This study analyzed survey data to examine
the phenomenon of Internet travel among U.S. college students. Virtual
travel was defined as reading foreign news Websites or communicating
online with people outside the United States. Online travelers turned
out to be people who had also traveled in real life. Both real and
virtual travel appeared to be a politically liberalizing influence
in students under age 26.
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Redefining Multimedia Toward
a More Packaged Journalism Online
by Amy Zerba
This study shows how the concept "multimedia"
online builds on the same meaning that predates computers. By examining
previous uses of the word multimedia, deconstructing the concept
into units and redefining the word to include multimedia journalistsí
use of the term, this study shows how the concept has moved toward
a more packaged journalism online that includes interactivity.
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Examining the media agenda:
How traditional and online media presented the 2000 and 2004 presidential
primaries
by Donica Mensing
This study compares how newspapers and three
different types of online media presented presented news about the
Presidential primary in 2000 and 2004. Comparing traditional agenda
setting variables of number, length, prominence, and types of news
stories, differences were observed between the way newspapers, online
newspapers, online broadcast sites, and online-only news sites presented
news about the presidential primaries.
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