By Kim on August 13, 2010
It was great to watch NYU Journalism Professor Jay Rosen (of Pressthink fame) on Lateline last night. If you missed his interview, the transcript is here. Rosen argues that the media owe a duty to the public to provide reporting [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, Media | Tagged Federal Election 2010, horse race journalism, Jay Rosen, Lateline, Leigh Sales, Media, pressthink |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 13, 2009
Of late, there’s been something of an upsurge of bad news about the news, prompted probably by the coincidence in the acceleration in the decline of newspaper business models under the pressure of the global financial crisis and the upsurge [...]
Posted in Blogging, Books, Writers & Writing, Consumerism, Culture, Markets, Media, Politics, Sociology, The Web, USA | Tagged audiences, Bachratz, Baratz, decline, editors, global financial crisis, Jay Rosen, journalism, Media, media studies, new media, newspapers, non-decision making, non-decisions, pluralism, political science, power, Sociology, sociology of culture |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 30, 2008
At Ambit Gambit, Graham Young riffs off a comment made by Jay Rosen on Twitter: You know why there are bloggers, @Newshour? Because there is “safety first” reasoning in news. People get sick of it and take up their pens.” [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Media, Politics, Sociology | Tagged Blogging, blogosphere, citizen journalism, cultural studies, Graham Young, Jay Rosen, Media, motivations, political blogging, political blogosphere, Sociology, user generated content |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 10, 2008
Although aspects of his critique are tentatively sketched by his own admission, Jay Rosen has hit more nails than he’s missed with his analysis of the significance of the Sarah Palin veep selection by the McCain campaign. Rosen’s article is [...]
Posted in Blogging, Ethics, Foreign Elections, Media, Polls, Sociology, USA, Women | Tagged Alaska, american election 2008, Andrew Perrin, barack obama, blogosphere, bridge to nowhere, cultural studies, Culture Wars, Democrats, earmarks, electoral behaviour, Gary Kamiya, George W. Bush, GOP, Jay Rosen, John McCain, Karl Rove, netroots, political blogging, political sociology, political strategy, Polls, Republicans, sarah palin, Sociology, sociology of media, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
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