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Convergent Journalism: An Introduction. Writing and Producing Across Media

Vincent F. Filak (ed.)

Burlington, Mass.; Abingdon, Oxon: Focal Press, 2nd ed. (2015), 246 pp.

Smartphones

Paul A. Soukup

Communication Research Trends, volume 34, issue 4 (2015), pp. 3-39

"Many of the research approaches to smartphones actually regard them as more or less transparent points of access to other kinds of communication experiences. That is, rather than considering the smartphone as something in itself, the researchers look at how individuals use the smartphone for their ... communicative purposes, whether these be talking, surfing the web, using on-line data access for off-site data sources, downloading or uploading materials, or any kind of interaction with social media. They focus not so much on the smartphone itself but on the activities that people engage in with their smartphones. Though most communication research examines on individual and group usage of smartphones, a few people outside of the more technical journals and books have sketched—at least in overview form—the key factors for smartphone success, what Goggin and Hjorth (2014b) identify as infrastructure, economics, and policy. Apart from the manufacture of the handsets, smartphones require an infrastructure of telecommunications operators, with systems across the world divided between national telecommunication services and competing privately owned companies (Curwen & Whalley, 2014; Feijóo, 2014). Secondly, smartphones depend upon both formal and informal economies, from the manufacture and sale of the phones themselves to the production and sale of the apps to the revenues supporting particular app services (music sales, data storage, on-demand services, and so on) (Lobato & Thomas, 2014). Goldsmith (2014) adds a bit of detail, describing an app ecosystem: “Each ecosystem consists of a core company, which creates and maintains a platform and an app marketplace, plus small and large companies that produce apps and/or mobile devices for that platform” (p. 171). Finally, both manufacturers and operators must negotiate agreed-on technical specifications for voice and data transmission, specifications that governments must approve both locally and perhaps in cross-border treaty agreements (Middleton, 2014). These factors lead to a more complex view of smartphones: not only do they function as communication devices and embodiments of technical negotiations, but they also take on identities as symbols of economic and cultural systems, as “moral objects” (whose value justifies their purchase price), as fashion accessories, and as lifestyle supports (Koskinen, 2012, p. 225)." (Introduction, pages 3-4) more

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Mobile Community Reporting: A Grassroots Perspective on Journalism

Olivier Nyirubugara

Leiden: Sidestone Press (2014), 144 pp.

"In this book, the author presents what he calls the 'Mobile Community Reporting' approach based on a six-year training experiment [of the Voices of Africa Media Foundation] in which he was involved as trainer and coach in eight African countries. The main argument underlying the MCR approach is the ... more

Im Blickpunkt: Digital Storytelling

Guido Kowalski

Marl: Grimme-Institut (2013), 6 pp.

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Principles of Convergent Journalism

Jeffrey Wilkinson, August E. Grant, Douglas J. Fisher

New York: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. (2012), vii, 311 pp.

Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling

Kenneth Kobré

Amsterdam et al.: Elsevier (2012), xi, 261 pp.

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The Video Revolution

Jane Sasseen

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 43 pp.

"Citizen journalists across the globe are using blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and other new tools to spread articles, blog posts, videos, and photos of news happening in their countries. The new video journalists use these broader tools as well, taking full advantage of social media to share th ... more

Mojo: Mobile Journalism in the Asian Region
Key Guidance

Stephen Quinn

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), 3d ed. (2011), 73 pp.

"Mobile journalism means journalism using mobile phones. Mobile journalists, or mojos, extend the newsgathering options for a news organisation, especially for breaking news, says Stephen Quinn. By citing examples not only from Asia, but also the United States and Europe, he reports on the technique ... more

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Crossmedia

Christian Jakubetz

Konstanz: UVK, 2., überarb. Aufl. (2011), 186 pp.

"Die Zukunft des Journalismus ist crossmedial: Reporter schreiben einen Bericht für ihre Zeitung, drehen beim Termin vor Ort ein kurzes Video für das verlagseigene Fernsehen und formulieren auch noch den Teaser für den Webauftritt. Crossmedia ist aber keine 1:1-Reproduktion von Inhalten in versch ... more

Mobile Media Services at Sub-Saharan African Newspapers: A Guide to Implementing Mobile News and Mobile Business
Key Guidance

Kristina Bürén (ed.)

Paris: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA);African Media Initiative (AMI) (2011), 81 pp.

"The handbook includes case studies gathered through interviews with newspapers in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa, including the Observer and Daily Monitor in Uganda, the Standard and the Daily Nation in Kenya, and Grocott’s Mail, the Mail and Guardian, the Sunday Times and the Sowetan in South Af ... more

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Leitfaden für lokale Fernsehmacher: Praxistipps für Fernseh- und Videojournalisten

Kerstin Prange (Red.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos, Ed. Fischer (2011), 226 pp.

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News on the Go: How Mobile Devices Are Changing the World’s Information Ecosystem

Dale Peskin

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 26 pp.

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The Digital Journalist's Handbook

Mark S. Luckie

La Vergne, Tenn.: [no publisher] (2010), 252 pp.

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Journalism Next: A Practical Guide to Digital Reporting and Publishing

Mark Briggs

Washington, DC: CQ Press (2010), xxiii, 359 pp.

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Información audiovisual y multimedia por internet en la telefonía móvil

Mariano Cebrián Herreros

Lima: USMP (2010), 273 pp.

A Mobile Voice: The Use of Mobile Phones in Citizen Media

Washington, DC: MobileActive.org;Pact (2008), 28 pp.

"Mobile phones are portable, they are personal, and they as the most pervasive tool for communication between people today. They are intuitively and inherently social, expressive devices. Professional journalists, everyday citizens, and organized groups are capitalizing on the power of mobile techno ... more