Northwestern Talk as Discussant of Online Journalism and Scholarship
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Discussion of three papers about scholarship in the field of online news and journalism.
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Northwestern Talk as Discussant of Online Journalism and Scholarship
- 1. Reflections on Scholarship on Online News William H. Dutton Quello Professor of Media and Information Policy Michigan State University Notes on Presentation for ‘Remaking (Digital) News’ Symposium, Northwestern University, 11 April 2015.
- 2. Pablo Boczkowski & Eugenia Mitchelstein: Scholarship … Major Strides in 25 Years • Trojan Horse Threat to the Field • Burgeoning Source of Scholarly Research on Journalism Interdisciplinary • Problem Focused • Theories from Different Fields • Methodologically Pragmatic, from Ethnography to Big Data BUT Importing v Exporting Ideas • Problem for Communication Research Generally • Key Issue / Goal for this Field: Another Level of Impact
- 3. Rodney Benson: Searching for a Good Explanation • Framing explanatory v descriptive questions • But, arguably lack facts relative to theory (Galbraith) New Descriptivism • Add ‘Interesting’? [Murray S. Davis, 1971] • Debate Generalizing: Cases Generate Theory v Validate • Beware of ‘Simplify and Exaggerate’ – Anon. v Research Four Criteria for Good Explanations • Techno-economic determinism v prof ethics and civic morals • Democratic elitism & populism – bringing the audience back ‘Cultural Power’ Jeff Alexander – a model?
- 4. Chris Anderson: Technology without History Ahistorical Research • Techno Determinism Prioritizes Focus on the Future • Internet Studies Facing Similar Issues, but Visions Matter • Growing Significance will Erode this Limitation Historical Amnesia • Innovation Amnesia – Dutton (1995) • Functional in Fields (video phone, videotext, online news) Complementary Historical Perspectives • Innis, McLuhan, et al • Add Bell (codification) re algorithms and computational analytics, Castells? Ethnography v History – Multiple Methods • Persisting Culture of Journalism • Organizational Time Travel an Intriguing Focus
- 5. Pablo Boczkowski & Eugenia Mitchelstein: Moving Beyond Market & Historical Context • New Business Models • Historical Perspectives innovation (Reuters – from carrier pigeons to digital; whistleblowing) Journalistic Practices • Field Work to Screen Work • Fact Finding to Information Curation • Acceleration, Immediacy, Always Available (Wacjman ‘Pressed for Time’) Professional Dynamics • More Open and Transparent Organizations • Accountability (4th and 5th Estate, whistleblowing) • Distinguishing Networked Institutions ‘Journalism’ v Networked Individuals? Relation with Audiences • We Know What People Read • People telling media what to think about – transforming agenda-setting • Dynamics of Gatekeeping in Science, Organizations, Education, …
- 6. Deciding What’s Scholarship Interesting? Explanatory? In Context but Not Ephemeral? Sound Innovative Methods? Significant for and beyond Journalism?
- 7. Reflections on Digital Journalism Research William H. Dutton Quello Professor of Media and Information Policy Michigan State University Notes on Presentation for Online Journalism Conference, Northwestern University, 11 April 2015.